Re: Slavery reparation bill for UK, around £14 trillion..... Archived Message
Posted by Ken Waldron on August 22, 2023, 10:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Slavery reparation bill for UK, around £14 trillion....."
"Wringing hands about the past whilst neo colonial policies continue to rip wealth from the global south..." Yea. The disingenuous take is to admit the "mistakes" of the past: the inferred corollary being our generous collective present innocence. Its like listening to people claim that they only supported the (depleted uranium...) bombing of Serbia because it was "definitely" mere hours away from genocide and "humanitarian disaster"...that they only supported the Iraq war because they believed what they were told by government officials who had seen "evidence" no less...about Saddam's evil "Weapons of Mass Destruction"...that they supported the destruction of Libya because they "knew" likewise that Gaddaffis troops were rapists and murderers on the rampage and therefore the Wests actions were not only necessary but absolutely humanitarian... Most people will now admit to one degree or another they were duped: but hey that stuff (and being duped...) is all in the past. In the clarity of the present its quite patently obvious that Evil Putin is waging an "unprovoked" war on that poor little joyful sunflower that is Ukraine and that if we don't keep "doing something" then big bad Ivan will be at our own collectively innocent doors before we know it... -For me it's a lesson in despair so I take refuge in little joys to keep me sane. On my bike ride tonight I came upon an Osprey perched atop the lone spike of a dead Spruce tree...who took off at my disturbance to survey the reservoir for fish from high above: his long wings like boards beating steady...life goes on.
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Message Thread:
- Slavery reparation bill for UK, around £14 trillion..... - John Monro August 22, 2023, 3:48 pm
- Re: Slavery reparation bill for UK, around £14 trillion..... - Ian M August 22, 2023, 6:49 pm
- Re: Slavery reparation bill for UK, around £14 trillion..... - Ken Waldron August 22, 2023, 9:24 pm
- Its just another psyop like gender, etc.. Its simply designed to turn me against my brother. .. - Shyaku August 23, 2023, 12:25 am
- The best reparation would be investment in true racial equality… - Shyaku August 23, 2023, 12:38 am
- Actually, I think this has a lot to do with eradicating the history of working class folk - SueC August 23, 2023, 1:52 pm
- Careful, remember what happened to Jackie Walker....nm - Keith-264 August 23, 2023, 2:24 pm
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