Oddbean new post about login | logout Reparations of people that never had slaves to people that never were slaves?
Nope, you’ve got it all wrong. If it’s bitcoin it’s not coming from the people it’s coming from the government and what they’ve seized. America has a habit of not paying its debts and this is one of them. My proposition is a calling on the debt. It’s not about slavery. It’s about black Americans being promised something and activists who stood up to reclaim it being killed at the hand of the government while it distracted blacks into helplessness. Blacks are the only ethnic group in America unable to have protections, political standing, or repayment for the atrocities endured. We were promised 40 acres and a mule and given nothing. When the Japanese were forced into internment camps they were paid reparations. When the chinese were exploited during the opium crisis in the west, they were given reparative benefits. When the Italians were forced into slums and ghettos they were given opportunities to open banks. Even gays have coalitions to ensure their people receive reparations when mistreated.
What a stupid note is that? That can only come from a retarded statist that do not believe in individual liberty at all. So you are asking the gov to rob innocent people that never had slaves, so they distribute that robbed money to people that never were slaves? Just because you say so, I guess. I'm Spanish, I should complain to Italy that they pay me for the Roman invasion happened 2000 years ago, and the Italian gov should rob their population to do so. The same stupid logic.
Maybe it’s the language barrier?? Idk what you’re not getting. The US government seized the bitcoin it’s irrelevant of the taxpayer so nobody is being robbed… plus they aren’t going to give it back to the person they took it from. It makes sense that you wouldn’t understand the nuance of being American because you’re not from the US and don’t have to deal with the propaganda, zoning, healthcare system, education system, government operations, and social turmoil that have been and continue to impact black Americans. I have a grievance with MY government not someone else’s.