What's the dumbest thing your culture does?

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specman · 51-55, M

One of the dumbest considerations are a cash based reparation to people who have or will experience slavery which would be funded by people who were never involved or will be to slavery

NerdyPotato · M

@specman in all fairness, a lot of the current generation's wealth inherited from previous generations originates in slavery. (Generally speaking of course. I know that's not true for every individual.) Just because the people currently alive didn't employ slaves personally, doesn't mean they didn't profit from slavery or don't owe slaves anything.

PatKirby · M

@specman

I believe that's called a 'jack.'

LordShadowfire · M

@specman And here we go again. Was your family in the United States in the '60s? '70s? Then yes, they benefited from slavery.

specman · 51-55, M

@LordShadowfire no they didn’t benefit from slavery.

specman · 51-55, M

@NerdyPotato the wealth that most Americans have did not come from slavery.

NerdyPotato · M

@specman perhaps not a majority, but a significant part did.

LordShadowfire · M

@specman [quote]no they didn’t benefit from slavery.[/quote]
Really? So they weren't here at any time through the 1970s?

specman · 51-55, M

@LordShadowfire yes