https://www.overcomingbias.com/2019/03/consider-reparations.html … @robinhanson argues for slavery reparations. This is a good and important post even if you aren't usually a Hanson fan.
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People who thrive on politics like it that way. If it's impossibly complex to determine who owes what, then the ambiguity serves those who can exploit it: good negotiators, charismatic demagogues, and the industries surrounding politics and law and PR.
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I am sure I have benefited indirectly from unjust privilege. If there was a way to pay it back, I would genuinely want to do so. The problem is that it's hard to actually measure what I owe. I oppose the processes that make such measurement harder.
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The problem here is that we are talking about reparations for slavery, so Alice's long-dead ancestor wronged Bob's long-dead ancestor. Debts are not inherited. We should help Bob if he needs it because of compassion, not because of history.
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"Debts are not inherited"; that's just not always true. Consider the national debt, for example.
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