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Forum: USA Politics 19th January 2023, 04:13 PM
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Posted By theprestige
Now you're starting to understand.

Now you're starting to understand.
Forum: USA Politics 18th January 2023, 07:43 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 2,581
Posted By theprestige
Evidence that they're not idiots who actually...

Evidence that they're not idiots who actually believe this paltry sum pays off the generational debt our society owes to African-Americans?

No, I guess I don't have evidence they're not idiots.
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2023, 05:28 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 2,581
Posted By theprestige
San Francisco: "We're gonna pay reparations for...

San Francisco: "We're gonna pay reparations for slavery!"

Chinese-Americans: "So where do we go to collect our payments?"

San Francisco: "Sphincter says what?"

Native Americans: "So where...
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2023, 05:16 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 2,581
Posted By theprestige
Okay. To be fair, I don't think SF government is...

Okay. To be fair, I don't think SF government is trying to solve the problem. They're trying to normalize throwing money at the problem. Whether they believe that the problem will be solved by enough...
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2023, 02:10 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 2,581
Posted By theprestige
I prefer to remain entirely agnostic about how...

I prefer to remain entirely agnostic about how the money is spent. As long as we agree that the payment pays the debt, I couldn't care less about what the payee does after they get paid. We can let...
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2023, 02:00 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 2,581
Posted By theprestige
The question is what happens when they mismanage...

The question is what happens when they mismanage their windfall, end up worse off tomorrow rather than better off, and start talking about how the last round of reparations clearly wasn't enough and...
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2023, 01:33 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 2,581
Posted By theprestige
It's a debt. If I'm paying off a debt, I'd like...

It's a debt. If I'm paying off a debt, I'd like some agreement beforehand that my payments are actually paying it off. The goal is to retire the debt.

I can compare it to blackmail and extortion,...
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2023, 01:31 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 2,581
Posted By theprestige
I think that in principle, a blue-ribbon...

I think that in principle, a blue-ribbon commission of economists and accountants could come up with some sort of ballpark figure of inflation-adjusted opportunity costs, from one generation to the...
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2023, 12:20 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 2,581
Posted By theprestige
If a payment isn't going to satisfy the demand...

If a payment isn't going to satisfy the demand for payment, I don't see any point in paying it. My phone company doesn't come after me to pay last month's bill, after I've already paid it. Once I've...
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2023, 12:15 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 2,581
Posted By theprestige
Are reparations synonymous with amends for...

Are reparations synonymous with amends for slavery, though? I think the time for that has long passed.

What makes more sense to me is amends for racist discrimination in the post-slavery era....
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2023, 11:59 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 2,581
Posted By theprestige
You could say it's... ... a token amount.

You could say it's...

... a token amount.
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2023, 11:38 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 2,581
Posted By theprestige
They should probably spend that five million on...

They should probably spend that five million on more homeless services.

Also, something something dane-geld something never get rid of the dane. There should be no reparations without first...
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