Want Reparations? More Than Half the Planet Would Qualify | Thomas Sowell

[@9G9A9M]

I like the way ClintEastwood puts it :I had no slaves-You didn’t pick any cotton- I don’t owe you nothing ‼️

[@johnunderwood895]

Reparations seem like a good idea to those who have never taken any personal responsibility for their own mistakes! No one put a silver spoon in my mouth when I was born but, through the Grace of God, I have learned humility. I highly recommend it !

[@freedomforever6718]

The idea of reparations is insanely absurd.

[@desbishop55]

Damn, Lost respect for Sowell 😢.. nothing was like chattel slavery .. the system that was created from it owe, not specific “white ppl from today” & we aren’t talking about the world, we are talking specifically America, who is a wealthy nation .. not only that, we gave reparation to Japanese, we send billions to other countries etc… but I’m off this topic because I can battle logic but I know I’ll lose to cognitive dissonance … Lastly, to answer cuz question - how you rid yourself of the guilt - wash your hands with the “others” who want out of the system to create their own - put together a severance package (reparations) and let them do their own thing . Boom! Damn I can hear that cog dissonance crying salty tears 😂

[@freedomforever6718]

@@desbishop55 Your desperation is hilarious. Thanks for the laughs.

[@DioTheGreatOne]

​@@desbishop55 What would you spend your reparation money on? A new pair of Jordans?

[@natel9019]

​@desbishop55 Yeah, chattel slavery was different. It could have been like the Arab slave trade where they didn't rape the women and castrated all the men. That's why they don't have too much African blood in the place on earth that the most Africans spent their lives being slaves. So I ask you would you have preferred the old way of slavery? No one would be here to complain or collect reparations. The Japanese was a little different. For one main reason the people who took their possessions still had them and the people that were stolen from were still alive. The majority of white people who live in America, ancestors came after slavery was illegal. Sadly enough the US government has paid reparations for slavery. They paid the fucking slave owners smh. That's crazy.

[@freedomforever6718]

@@natel9019 Blaming people who are alive for the sins of dead people is idiotic and immoral.

[@sirshauniv511]

How much reparations will be going to Sudan, Yemen, Haiti, and so on?

[@littlebilly8747]

Society seems to think that we have arrived at the end of history, and we are now morally perfect. I think this is a very dangerous attitude, because it makes us forget about the people who are suffering NOW, and instead think about the suffering of the ancestors of 12% of the US population

[@dhn.]

When it comes to slavery to stupidity, we're all guilty of being both master and slave. We can pay ourselves back by not repeating such actions.

[@takinajowens101]

@@dhn. This!!! Pure fact and solution!

[@MrMSBranham]

Reparations is a terrible idea for several reasons. The first being that it implies that guilt can be inherited from parents to children on and on infinitely.

[@Wil_Liam1]

I'm blanco and don't feel any guilt whatsoever,nor do I owe anyone anything for anything... I've never owned a slave,nor been in charge of any,and have never seen any slaves in America, other than us taxpayers, so i.e. the subject is null and void .

[@aleue]

Fun fact, there are more slaves today than there has ever been. Like making alcohol or making drugs illegal didn't stop the practice. Today, you will find more people who are forced to work and don't get to enjoy the "fruits of their labors." By talking as if it is in the past, we ignore the problem where it still exists.

[@larrycox6614]

I agree with you, but can you quantify your statement for those who want to posit that stance?

[@aleue]

@larrycox6614 difficult to put a number on it as it is an underground economy/market. The term slavery is a term that needs to be defined ( like Feminism, capitalism, socialism, communism, ect) what specifically are we talking about? Do we count the wages collected by the government as government run slavery as the benefit from the labor of their citizens? China isn't reporting its free labor. 40k Nazi work camp had millions that worked and didn't get paid long after slavery was made illegal. The numbers that died in the gulags of the USSR work cams were even more than in NAZI camps. Today in Libya, you can purchase a man for 200$ for the purpose of free work ( videos of this are online). How many have been sold, and how many places are like this? I don't know, but with the population boom that happened since slavery was abolished in the 1860s and the number of female sex slaves that have been freeed, we all know the numbers are greater today than they ever were. If I quantified it; it would be a wild @ss quess. To start counting, we would have to agree on what a slave is.

[@mikitz]

Sometimes there is a fine line between an indenture and slavery. I would say that most of these unfortunate people started off by accepting an indenture agreement while the unscrupulous trafficker altered the deal afterwards so that the indenture effectively cannot be repaid in any way, i.e. leading up in slavery.

[@jamesgage7155]

According to my Third Grade English teacher, "I don't owe you nothing" means you owe something to someone. It's called a double negative, and most people who use double negatives have no idea they're saying the opposite of what they mean. Just sayin'.

[@Wil_Liam1]

@jamesgage7155 " Anything" would be the correct word..

[@politicsuncensored5617]

No one alive today has legally owned another person, nor made a penny by legally owning another person. I don't owe anything to anyone for something that happened over 160 years ago. Shalom

[@fattiger6957]

The problem with generational resentment is that almost every single group of people has some reason to feel resentment. It just depends on how far you go back. Should the rest of Europe still hold a grudge against France because of Napoleon? Should Mexico resent America because the southwest used to be part of their country? Should Chinese people hate Mongolia because of the Khans? The list can go on and on endlessly. Almost every group has been conquered, enslaved or subjugated by a foreign power at one point in history. Almost every group has committed their own share of conquering, enslaving and subjugating at one point in history. Eventually people have to move on from the past. No, they shouldn't forget it, but they should progress past it. Holding onto resentment on a mass scale is only damaging. Classifying a group of millions of people as perpetual victims is only damaging. Infantilizing a group of millions of people is only damaging.

[@rafeeqturner1458]

What act of Mercantilism does France hold over Europe?

[@timothyslaughter476]

HOW DO WE HANDLE THE HALF N HALFS?? CALL IT EVEN?? WE GOOD???

[@RaymondCore-ts5jl]

I'm going to apologize for my ancestor rebelling against Good King George III of England. Without him, and people like him, America would not have become Soverign and caused so much trouble for everyone until even today. I'm sorry. Now, who do I give money to?

[@davidhunt313]

I still like the idea of offering reparations in the form of no longer having to pay taxes!! Make the *_ENVY ENGINE_* pull in a different direction!?!!

[@gabrielgreen9883]

Defund reparations

[@LionOY04]

Don't never listen to a man whose enemies agree to what he says.

[@benderbender1233]

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[@parkershaw8529]

Very easy, set up a national reparation fund, anybody who feels the guilt can freely donate into the fund, no tax deduction.

[@thisisobviouslynotmyrealname]

I came across a process of reparation for jews whose grandparents were victims of the nazis ( i had to analyze the tax aspects). To be eligible for reparation, its not enough that you show your ancestor was persecuted, tortured and imprisoned in a concentration camp. The german government requires that the applicant demonstrates specifically the nature and value of the assets that were seized by the nazis.

[@JimmieJoe634]

🟦🟧🟧This guy is an Uncle!!

[@mikitz]

Reparations only make sense when both the perpetrators and the victims are both still alive but never after once they're all gone, like in the US.

[@Elazar40]

Reparations? Avoid the victim mentality, learn the lessons, and move on. Regurgitating the traumas of the past for political currency is divisive and a weight upon future possibilities. However, the truth of the past must be preserved.

[@edg8535]

I would imagine that if one was able to track their family tree you would not only find a distant relative that at one time was a slave but probably another one that was a slave holder.

[@TheCentristChad]

If anything they should be paying more taxes because they got US citizenship and have a higher income than the average West African

[@alstclair]

What does all this boil down to? That Humans are inherently lacking in humanity.

[@TheLordmep]

I once heard that Korea had the longest unbroken chain of slaves in history.

[@BluCityBangN]

Why are reparations only viewed in a certain way when they're applied to Black Americans? We're talking about America, where every other group has received reparations. Why is that the case? Like, stop it. That is nothing but racist. It's never surprising to hear men like him talk about Black Americans in a world where the notion that Black is less than exists. However, Black culture being the most copied is both stressful and empowering. Other racial groups in America have received reparations or similar benefits, yet when it comes to Black Americans, the conversation often turns negative. Immigrants, for example, sometimes receive financial assistance upon arrival, while Black Americans continue to wait for reparations for historical injustices they endured. This disparity highlights a double standard where immigrants are often seen as deserving of aid, while Black Americans are vilified or criminalized for seeking similar redress. Despite facing similar challenges, immigrants fled their problems, whereas Black Americans have remained to fight for justice and equality in their own country. This ongoing struggle underscores the need for reparations as a means of addressing the historical and systemic inequities faced by Black communities. It's important to remember that various groups in America have received some form of reparations or redress, including: * Japanese Americans: Received financial compensation and a formal apology for their internment during World War II. * Native Americans: Received land, financial settlements, and other benefits as part of various treaties and agreements, although these often fall short of full reparations for historical injustices. * Chinese Americans: Received a formal apology and limited financial compensation for those affected by the Chinese Exclusion Act. * Italian Americans: Received an apology and some compensation for those unjustly interned during World War II. These examples highlight the inconsistency in how reparations are viewed and applied depending on the racial group involved. It emphasizes the urgent need to address the systemic inequities faced by Black Americans and provide meaningful reparations for the historical injustices they have endured.

[@DioTheGreatOne]

Reparations: taking money from people that never owned slaves and giving it to people that were never enslaved.

[@gabriellareid8630]

My ancestors were slaves (we have 100% proof)! However, I’m light skinned…would I be denied? Due to my skin color? I think soooo🙄

[@sr2291]

Everybody's ancestors were slaves somewhere.

[@kathyleicester7306]

Would you take it if offered?

[@Vzzdak]

We expiate our sins through the sacrament of confession, not by paying progressive bribes to grifters.

[@rafeeqturner1458]

The beginning quote can be placed under a plethora of contexts. Many slaves had a term agreement of expiration that was honored. Some "races" were already recipients of reparations. Once we examine which group does not fall in such categories it will not be "half the globe"

[@kathyleicester7306]

It won't be any of the globe. This will never happen because we won't let it happen.

[@rafeeqturner1458]

gratitude for one's honesty

[@Mi-yc3oy]

A very dangerous idea if you are at all familiar with the endless reparations war between South Korea and Japan

[@frederic94000]

American Japanese had réparation After WW2, natives have réparations (réservations casino no taxes etc...) but not for black American yeah.

[@johncheresna]

Once the African slave traders that sold their own people in the first place and the Ultra rich Arab nations that treated black slaves worse than anyone pay reparations. Then and only then should we even consider reparations. BTW I am of Slavic descent. The word slave comes from Slave, because like almost everybody at some time we were all salves. Do I get reparations?

[@lnss8775]

How does any of this relate to slavery in America?

[@DioTheGreatOne]

​@@lnss8775 Are you illiterate? Jesus Christ!

[@crb4059]

Who's the other guy to his right?

[@GAB8407]

"A Universal EVIL," Mr. Sowell!

[@sorry11303]

So it's okay to give a legal immigrants taxpayers money when none of them have really truly contribute to the development of this country it's okay to give money to another country for their War it's okay not to help the citizens that live in the United States it's okay to government officials to laundry money but the United States of America is still paying reparations for the Jewish community and that's okay and It didn't even happen on American soil?

[@queenofnyc5584]

That’s funny cause there’s a lot of Jewish folks who said they never got reparations from America. America has never paid Jewish people reparations that’s a big lie made up by black folks. Who has been paying SOME of them though is Germany.

[@queenofnyc5584]

Besides that a lot a Jews are good with money that’s what they’re known for a lot of them actually WORK for all their money and value a penny like they value a dollar, theyre also business smart that’s why they run a lot of things. And they also don’t go around crying playing victim thinking people owe regardless of what they been through all the discrimination in Germany and America. They stay to themselves and stay lowkey opening and owning many businesses and real estate. You guys should take a chapter out their book. And America never paid them money. It was Germany 😂

[@queenofnyc5584]

American never paid them anything Germany did. You guys just be making up lies atleast get the information correct.

[@queenofnyc5584]

Yall look so weak and pathetic the way yall beg for money, but like to brag about strong and excellence, power. But for some reason yall can’t get right 😂 make it make sense

[@queenofnyc5584]

America never paid them anything stop making up lies it was Germany. Atleast get the info right

[@KaderMosta-t5k]

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[@lnss8775]

This has absolutely nothing to do with the history of slavery in America!

[@chipbower361]

Reparations for what?