Comment on How are slavery reparations fair?
abies_exarchia@lemm.ee 10 months agoWhat do you think an enormous demand for slaves, as the colonial nations building plantations and mines in the americas, does to a the supply of slaves? Supply and demand, friend. It’s not as if all the enslaved people exported to the Americas were already in circulation when the europeans came knocking
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
At that point the people there can’t put the blame on the buyer.
If Nescle kills children and steals water, but you buy it its not you doing the bad thing, you “just” support it.
roguetrick@kbin.social 10 months ago
I can't think of a single ethical framework that considers having someone else do your dirty work as permissible. If you have zero agency, sure. If you have nearly all the agency, like the colonial powers, no.
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I’ve never said that it was a good or acceptable thing, im just very very opposed to the idea of reparations for such things.
Clent@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Clearly. No matter the argument, you’re against reparations. That’s not because you have drawn a logical conclusion. You just believe it.
Huxleywaswrite@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“I’m not saying it’s ok, I’m just saying you should never have to take any responsibility for it”
That’s what you just said. Jackass.
protist@mander.xyz 10 months ago
This argument is based on the idea that buying ill-gotten water is equivalent to buying people