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In Canada, there are living people who suffered these genuine systematic indignities.

BTW, I am still waiting for Italians to pay me reparations.

My family is from an area of Germany that had been occupied by the Roman Empire.

It's not like it was that far back either

For Canada

It's in living memory

I demand reparations for the Treaty of Trianon.

The thing is, it's not like we just conquered and set new borders

@xorgy I'm sorry, they are going to keep finding more and more things to dig up from the past and will continue to demand more and more money. I don't see any winning here, you give the mouse a cookie, they soon ask for a glass of milk and so on.... -- America has the same issues with our Natives but we're much more firmer with our policies,. we dont tend to coddle as much

that much was standard.

@Coochie coo No, buddy, I'm saying we could find closure.

@Coochie coo Agreed.

Closure is not compatible with social justice victimhood.

@Coochie coo There is a limit to what Canadians will take responsibility for, and that's fine

We can generate genuine, permanent closure to this problem, in my view.

yes

I demand reparations, the two camp doctrine ruined lives!

nevaaah

@R9b1t it really is different

Hey, man, do what you need to do to clear your conscience. Just know that the victims will never be satisfied.

Last residential school closed in 1990

It is very different from indignities between warring sovereigns

I can create closure in a second:

"You live in a nation with one of the highest living standards and have one of the most costly social systems in the world at your disposal.

You are welcome. Now buzz off."

@Undead Mockingbird that system was explicitly not at their disposal

(in Canada)

I detect a past tense.

>it doesn't matter if I abused you as a child, that was in the past

there were all sorts of nitpicks in legislation to trick people into accidentally becoming disenfranchised by interacting with broader Canadian society.

>be happy you aren't abused now

Seriously, read the Indian Act, it is bizarre.

Like I'm American living in Canada, why the hell should I take responsibilities for some English settlers from centuries ago... I"m somewhat pre-distracted I'm at work :X so sorry for the confusion I think we agree here @xorgy

If they have a legal claim, sure. But I am tired of bowing to claims based on social justice or reparative theory.

@Coochie coo because they are the debts of the state

@Coochie coo same reason you pay into social insurance here

>English settlers from centuries ago
Residential schools were within the last 50 years m8

You may not like it, but you inherit the state and its liabilities

if you inhabit the country

Policy continued to be fucked into the 90s

whether you were here or not.

well fuck that lol