It may be another impossible moral calculation. But in terms of, par example, who is responsible for slavery, colonialism and the World wars the answer is not us who were not born then. — Andrew4Handel
I don't support payment of reparations for past behavior. It's not the injustice of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries that need to be addressed. It's the ongoing unfairness and privilege that remain today. — T Clark
It's the ongoing unfairness and privilege that remain today. — T Clark
inherited privilege — Andrew4Handel
Did the U.S. ever pay reparations to Vietnam? Or one of the many countries it destroyed during its crusade in the Middle-East?
Am I doing it wrong? — Tzeentch
Cut race out and most Americans have been disadvantaged on the same basis. — BC
↪Andrew4Handel If you want my opinion, a person shouldn't be punished for a crime they didn't commit. — Tzeentch
Should your wealth be confiscated to recompense someone else? — Andrew4Handel
Morally speaking, probably not. However, I'd say a direct link between the benefit and the crime should be present for it to be immoral. — Tzeentch
I agree, but how long is "the present"? — BC
Tort law seems to tolerate a long gap between event and consequence...
...Is this a past injustice or a current injustice? — BC
Civil suits are not the same as reparations — T Clark
I have lots of doubts about reparations because there are philosophical and practical difficulties. — BC
There are so many clear cut cases where it's practically undeniable the U.S. government owes people compensation. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc — Tzeentch
Do you think throwing money at the aforementioned countries will benefit them. — Andrew4Handel
I am mainly concerned with the question of whether someone's descendant can inherit guilt. — Andrew4Handel
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