Victoribus Spolia wrote:Not for present issues, but its still close, a second analogy would only remove the multi-generational distance from the infraction. I already described why reparations would still be unjust.
I am not interested in a discussion about your imaginary victimhood at having to pay imaginary reparations.
The actual point is that this is still an ongoing problem caused by the US, and Latin Americans are still having to pay for these policies in many ways, including migration.
What do you want me to do Pants? Declare war on the pentagon with my pick-up truck and hunting rifle so the United States will stop putting tariffs on venezuela and funding guerillas who burn cocaine crops in Colombia?
Again, this is not about you.
The fact is that despite lip service to ideas of freedom, most people in the US do absolutely nothing to support things like freedom when it comes to the actions of their own government and corporations.
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Rugoz wrote:It's perfectly possible to become prosperous in a world dominated by the US, just don't be stupid and have delusions of grandeur.
This does not contradict my claims that US neoliberal intervention is partly responsible for the disastrous conditions that are impelling migration.
R wrote:Haiti hasn't paid anything to France since WW2, meanwhile it got $13bn in aid since 2010 alone. You're making stuff up.
I think that the fact that Haiti had to pay 21 billion dollars (and interest) over 147 years was probably significant in terms of reducing Haitian economic development.
A lot of its current debt is due to the Duvaliers.
US support of the Duvalier dynasty is well documented.
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/ ... /17191805/The Duvaliers, in turn, supported US corporations and arrested anyone who tried to help the workers.