Also the drug war is necessary

hi

Slavery wasn't just something "i don't like" slvery was a massive system of exploitation, a stain on america, and to add insult to injury, the slaveOWNERS were paid reparations, not the slaves

it would also be a start toward addressing some economic warfare probelms we have even today, as in the forementioned textile mills processing slavery grown cotton

we can use that format against other corporations today that exploit Americans

See, it’s exactly how I said “this big bad thing happened gimme money”

Just give everyone UBI and nobody is going to ask for reparations

Why not just put them in forced labor camps

yup, another issue is fiscal policy in general, broad based would be the most equitable

@sea hey

a separate but also important issue

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Average american isn't a slave, but the declining share of gross income to workers shows a lot

we are seeing a union revival with people like Sara Nelson, etc

exploiting slaves was part of the package of exploiting workers in general

I’m trying to convince people that reparations is a retarded idea, what do you think?@sea

Basic take moment

black people tax when?

uhh

Let me get on pc one second

Doesn't obesity cause a huge tax burden? Probably a fat person tax before anything else

Lol Americans

The fact that a certain race receives benefits based on skin color just shows how delusional America is.

yea fucking white people and all their race based policies to hurt blacks for so many decades

https://origins.osu.edu/review/when-affirmative-action-was-white-untold-history-racial-inequality-twentieth-century-america

@Dr.Cosby something like 100 billion

Oh yea what about white slavery! Maybe if you African had built a society filled with literacy you would have been consciously aware of the negative affects of slavery.

Also let’s not forget the origins of slavery stemmed out of Africa.

Sure, but this is about US policy. Africa and Europe can do whatever they want

So we’re just gonna ignore ancestral origins and history?

unless it is pertinent to legislative discussion, yes

same way we dont use historical beefs in Europe for US domestic policy

Major cop out to ignore global politics

irish and british americans cant use Cromwell in court here

Reparations would basically be fueling more crime

Giving money to the people who commit the highest amount

It wouldn't. it would be a welcome form of fiscal stimulus, and dealing with a historic injustice in the proper way

and while we are at, end the drug war and save america from that crime-inducing policy

Crime wise, we have a lot of work to do with white collar crime as well, which often gets ignore for 'race based' reasons

Global politics is irrelevant but addressing a centuries gone issue somehow isn’t