RE: California about to be the first state to administer reparations!s
April 2, 2022 at 1:17 pm
(This post was last modified: April 2, 2022 at 1:27 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The beauty of it, is that people would buy federal and state land whether it went to reparations or not, and even if they knew it did and hated that - because it's the Real Racism.
It's just a good deal. To be blunt, I can't interpret distributing pocket money gained through taxation as anything other than a very willful and cynical attempt to kick an interest accruing can down the road. I get the whole "maybe this is all we can do, so it would be better to get something than nothing" - thing - but I don't agree with it. If we think reparations are required, lets do that. It's senseless to advocate for or work towards reparations if what we're really trying to do is send out a one time lump sump welfare payment. That's going down the money pit toot sweet, ending up where it always ends up. Rights on timber, water access, farmland, real estate - this is the road to economic enfranchisement, and we know that.... because it's exactly how we did it, exactly what was taken from and prohibited to the disenfranchised other.
It's just a good deal. To be blunt, I can't interpret distributing pocket money gained through taxation as anything other than a very willful and cynical attempt to kick an interest accruing can down the road. I get the whole "maybe this is all we can do, so it would be better to get something than nothing" - thing - but I don't agree with it. If we think reparations are required, lets do that. It's senseless to advocate for or work towards reparations if what we're really trying to do is send out a one time lump sump welfare payment. That's going down the money pit toot sweet, ending up where it always ends up. Rights on timber, water access, farmland, real estate - this is the road to economic enfranchisement, and we know that.... because it's exactly how we did it, exactly what was taken from and prohibited to the disenfranchised other.
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