Background : at 1:20 - https://youtube.com/watch?v=ih2RLpJ1ikU&feature=share
we see Microsoft employees apologize to 20 Indigenous tribes for being in Seattle.
Please correct me if I am wrong - This is why I feel every American should be disgusted:
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The purpose of a sincere apology is promise future reparations of some kind
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Microsoft themselves has NO intention of paying these reparations (despite being in a perfect position to give back any land they feel guilty about)
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The expectation is that YOU will have to repay BIPOC to assuage Microsoft's guilt....
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If I wanted to be held responsible for historic crimes of my people I would go and live in North Korea - I hear they love that shit.
Very insightful. What is TPTB?
So you don't think MS has guilt, but are doing it for other reasons.
It feels to me that the ultra wealthy billionaires at microsoft can see they are vulnerable to legitimate resentment and grievances from the middle class - so they protect themselves by diverting focus onto what I would call "imaginary grievances".
Because, like you say, the middle class (or even poor whites) will end up paying the price for all these apologies. (which I speculate are a form of IOU, but not one that MS will pay - one that they want 'other people' to pay)