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Do you believe the Western nations should pay reparations to those who are descendants of slaves?

Do you think that is to highlight that they have not been able to throw off their slave attitude and show the world that their contributions to humanity are indeed worth more than their forebears fates? Or is that just a means for failing societies to survive in the modern world of diminishing democratic and economic returns?
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DaliaCQ · 26-30, F
The British prime minister has called for a debate on this, and he will bankrupt his country totally!
@DaliaCQ The Brits seem to enjoy throwing themselves into the toilet. They do this kind of thing constantly. lol
Thrust · 56-60, M
@DaliaCQ Man what a winner they elected. He could easily be from central casting as an SS assassin (except he's not cheerful enough)
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@BigGuy2 pretty sure America was the winner of WW2 by turning the tides in the Allies' favour and nuking Japan twice, and I'd need a citation for that statistical claim

And also no, pretty sure it's the Roman Empire that's the greatest in the history of the world if we go by quality, impact, and longevity. If we're gonna go by quantity alone then probably gonna have to say Russia is the best because even after the Tsar fell, his family was succeeded by the USSR.

Even though communism isn't an imperial force in the traditional sense, it was spread beyond the Soviet Union. Many decades after the USSR collasped, communism and its offshoots still lives on. I can't say the same for any other ideology besides maybe the Abrahamic religions.
BigGuy2 · 31-35, M
@uikakarotuevegeta WE declared War on Germany, then Japan, then AFTER bleeding us dry of BILLIONS under lend lease, America came into the War ... the tide turned with El Alamein

... as for a statistical claim ... you can 'need' all you want as i don't have to prove to YOU or anyone else ... DO I

... but i'm happy to start with the invention of the WWWeb and work backwards, so telephone, television, Common Law/Tort Law, the Railway, Penicillin, the 1st computer {Collosus} ... 🤔 what else 🤪🤪🤪

Ah yes, per capita head, we've won more Nobel Peace prizes than any other country on the Planet {so research}, Newton - the greatest Scientist who has ever lived {so Physics} - Shakespeare, {so literature} - Crick & Watson {the duo that identified the double helix - so one half British} - {so stem cell research}

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Touch base with the Japanese Gov. - they did the research as to why they bacame the economic power house after the War, they found that 65% of THEIR inventions were actually invented in Britain

... 🤔 what else 😎😎😎
@BigGuy2 the internet was a secret US military project under DARPA for quick, secure, and global communication between military personnel in the 1960s before expanding to the public. I'm pretty sure the telephone was also invented in America, but the television was invented in England (although America innovated upon it) and a primitive form of the computer (America also innovated via desktop, laptop, and tablet). sorry but since you're making the claims, the burden of proof is on you, or did you skip philosophy class?

Also if we're gonna go by ethnicity rather than nationality, I'm quite certain it's Jews that disproportionately win more Nobel prizes over anyone else. They also have the highest IQ and tend to be disproportionately more successful by running (or holding high positions in) many banks, media outlets, businesses, governments, academia, etc. And it's Albert Einstein that's considered the greatest physicist that's ever lived (until he gets dethroned ofc). However, America has disproportionately more Nobel prizes going back on topic.
@BigGuy2 but your ancestors were losing badly against the Axis until America came along (and the USSR counter-betrayed the Nazis). The UK may have brought upon the WWW to the world, but America invented the internet and innovated further with JavaScript, Netscape, HTML, and SSL. Early programming languages like C, Java, and SQL were invented in America, later ones like C#, React Native, and Swift also in USA. let's not forget that most profitable tech companies are in America; literally the only one from UK is ARM.

Penicillin was discovered not invented, and the steam engine (or at least a prototype) was actually invented by some Greek philosopher about 2 millennia ago. Going by what I wrote earlier, had it not been for the Roman and Greek empires (along with Arab caliphates and later the Ottomans preserving such knowledge), the Renaissance would've never happened and by extension Britian would've remained insignificant. Also speaking of Muslims, computers wouldn't have been possible without algebra and algorithms, and it was during the Islamic Golden Age that such concepts were invented.

I don't care about legislation nor literature although last I checked, Shakespeare is considered alt right extremism lmao 🤣 No offence, but most people could care less about who invented what; it's the innovations that are more impactful. IBM may have invented the first cellphone with touchscreen, internet access, and various apps catering to the masses, but Apple with their iPhone changed the world. Let's be honest here, does anyone really care that Middle Eastern civilizations invented agriculture, writing, military, religion, legislation, and cities?
BigGuy2 · 31-35, M
@uikakarotuevegeta 🙄🙄🙄 ... so at what point did i say 100% ... 😎😎😎
BigGuy2 · 31-35, M
@uikakarotuevegeta

...apply this:

50-60% of everything you deal with NOW

... to your last comment
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BigGuy2 · 31-35, M
@uikakarotuevegeta aw ...

🤔 get back in the basement

... all i'll say to you is PHONECIANS ... ring ring

🤔 so responding to your comments is Trolling is it, let's see, it was YOU that made contact with ME 1st wasn't it

🤪🤪🤪
BigGuy2 · 31-35, M
@uikakarotuevegeta 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 ... you need to take your medication ... and FAST

... you'll be telling me next that it was America that broke the Enigma Code ... 🙄🙄🙄