The problem with holocaust reparations is like the problem with slavery reparations: * the people who deserve to pay, mostly don't * the people who deserve to receive them, mostly don't It's transferring money from one set of semi-bystanders to different set.https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1102666450546900992 …
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2/ Imagine that you're a non political baker in Germany. You never voted for Nazis, you never collaborated with Nazis, and the war the Nazis started resulted in your bakery being bombed. Now you are taxed to send money to a set of people, some of whom didn't suffer under Nazism
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3/ I have zero doubts it had benefits! Receiving money is always great. My question is specifically about the set of people who pay it, and the set of people who receive it. If we taxed you $10k and gave it to me, there'd be "substantial benefits"!https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1102667707059703808 …
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I was referring to the benefits of helping people to get past the issue, to let it go.
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OK, I see that. But in any economic issue we need to look at both benefits and costs. Also, we have to discuss the conversion rate between dollars and utils-of-getting-past-the-issue. Anyway, not attacking you, just exploring the idea!
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