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[quote=Anonymous]My question to those in favor of cash reparations:

Are you also in favor of reparations to the victims of war, torture, and oppression promoted by the US in other parts of the world?
The carpet bombing of Vietnam, the hundreds of thousands that died in Iraq, the wars in Central America, Yemen, the executions in Chile. The list, as you all know, is very long and affects multiple times more people of color than the descendants of slaves and native people in the US.

I anticipate that your answer is a resounding YES, OF COURSE! We stand in solidarity with all victims of oppression, and in particular with those that are victims of American policies.

Now how is US going to fund all these reparations abroad? Because if it were really sincere and equanimous about it, all current citizens of the US would likely end up poorer than our current poorest.

The point I am trying to make is that there is not enough wealth to right the wrongs. The solution is through systemic changes within the US and in its relationship to other countries.
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