Nothing you wrote absolves anyone of their participation in the slave trade, you simply implicated an additional guilty party.
Comment on Caribbean nations set to demand royal family makes reparations for slave trade
rebul@kbin.social 9 months ago
Inconvenient truth. Africans captured and sold other Africans to slave traders. The 'white devils' did not sneak into the African interior and steal them away, they waited for them to be brought to the coast. Still an awful practice, but the question has to be asked, "Why not demand reparations from modern day African nations?"
sim_@beehaw.org 9 months ago
rebul@kbin.social 9 months ago
True. So you agree that African nations hold the greatest responsibility?
0x815@feddit.de 9 months ago
What a garbage! I’m sorry, but how out of touch can one get?
Aux@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Are you asking yourself how out of touch you are? Because you should.
G4Z@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Barbary pirates in North Africa actually came to South West England and took slaves.
Still though, the barbary pirates don’t exist as an entity any more, the Royal family unfortunately does.
snooggums@kbin.social 9 months ago
For one, modern day African nations are not a small group of ultra rich white assholes who are still benefitting from the slavery.
rebul@kbin.social 9 months ago
Ahh, it's what I thought. It's not about truth and justice, it's about shaking people down for money.
snooggums@kbin.social 9 months ago
Do you think fining people who have wronged others is 'shaking people down for money'.
rebul@kbin.social 9 months ago
Stupid comment. So, using your logic, it would be OK to fine you for something your great great great grandfather did. I'm confident that not a single 'internet couch activist' would accept that.
JasSmith@kbin.social 9 months ago
If you only go after the people with money, then yes. Then it’s not about justice or morality at all. It’s about money.