Quote (Ryvulet @ Jun 29 2024 08:04pm)
Lastly, should there be Reparations?
Fuck no, there should be no 'individual reparations,' - I am not against the general public being given reparations for past wrongdoings. But, it isn't a privilege. If anything, the unity of the idea could be brought to leverage cultural/societal change on the community level. Why give individuals money when you can take whatever budget you'd have for that and improve the lives of the people in that area by improving infrastructure and other things to invite business growth and education for people in that area? If they REALLLY have to do it, it should be done that way.
Giving money to people who are down and out doesn't immediately make that money be used effectively. It is just a way to win people over to their side and create bigger rifts because you will get people yelling from both sides whether or not it should be a thing.
chris, if your great great great grandfather was forced to work with no pay for several decades, I think it would be fair to say his employers from that time period owe him fair market wages + interest adjusted for inflation.
This income should have been part of his estate passed down partially to you as part an inheritance over time. It'd make sense that these funds should be pulled from the beneficieries of the estates of his employer, that is those that have benefited from the wages stolen from your great great great grandfather.
It doesn't matter what you do with the money, whether you spend it on league skins, clothes, or cars. It should have been yours via inheritance.
my 2 cents