To the best of my knowledge virtually all the Caribbean islands were already populated by various indigenous peoples prior to the arrival of Europeans and the slave trade. IIRC I think it was the either the Caribs or Arawaks in Jamaica, I'm probably wrong though.
How about we enslave members of the boards/CEO's of any company that benefited from the original reparations. Sort of like working off the debtWhat could reparations even look like now?
who's this dickhead?I have found one statistical ready:
Over the course of an average 79-year lifespan, a white individual contributes a net $220,805 to the system, whereas over the course of an average 75-year lifespan, a black individual receives a net $751,200
Does that count as reparations?
a) That's an American talking point, a place with a fundamentally different history in respect of African slavery than the UK, which is what this thread is talking about.I have found one statistical ready:
Over the course of an average 79-year lifespan, a white individual contributes a net $220,805 to the system, whereas over the course of an average 75-year lifespan, a black individual receives a net $751,200
Does that count as reparations?
You do know that black people in the USA have the highest living standards of any black people in the world and the Caribbean people are not far behind and I would love to live in Jamaica or any of the other Caribbean islands.
I find that hard to believe tbh. Have you got some data to back that up?You do know that black people in the USA have the highest living standards of any black people in the world and the Caribbean people are not far behind and I would love to live in Jamaica or any of the other Caribbean islands.
Where is that from?I have found one statistical ready:
Over the course of an average 79-year lifespan, a white individual contributes a net $220,805 to the system, whereas over the course of an average 75-year lifespan, a black individual receives a net $751,200
Does that count as reparations?
I don't think anyone is asking you to apologise. They're asking the British state, and other institutions whose wealth has flowed from slavery.I cannot apologize for what some twats did hundreds of years ago, the idea is rediculous!
I have found one statistical ready:
Over the course of an average 79-year lifespan, a white individual contributes a net $220,805 to the system, whereas over the course of an average 75-year lifespan, a black individual receives a net $751,200
Does that count as reparations?
Then you are not someone with whom I wish to entertain communicating. Good luck with your life.Yes.
An amazing lack of debate on this forum.
Yeah, of course rates of accumulation are completely unaffected when labour costs are reduced to zero.I don't think that slavery makes a country rich, otherwise Mauritania would be a very rich country.
“the veiled slavery of the wage workers in Europe needed, for its pedestal, slavery pure and simple in the new world. . . capital comes dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt”.
No. Just with you because you're talking nonsense.An amazing lack of debate on this forum.
Racist nonsense.No. Just with you because you're talking nonsense.
This isn't about individuals feeling guilt. It's about a collective entity (in this case the UK) making some amends for shockingly awful things that were done in the past from which this collective entity gained a not inconsiderable collective benefit.I cannot apologize for what some twats did hundreds of years ago, the idea is rediculous!
Knob.I'm not even interested in politics and I seem to know more about the subject than the people here. It's a much broader and more nuanced subject than going, "that people good, that people bad".