Have Black people ever said "thank you" for all the nice things White people gave to them?

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Ok, you and I are not arguing the same points here or there are some issues that are being missed in interpretation. I'm trying to get the point to you that yes,they have advantages now, but those advantages didn't come for free (IF they're direct descendants of US slaves). We are ALL reaping the benefits of our ancestors, because we sure to shit didn't do any of those things to build society, they did. We have just built up from there, and arguably fucking ruined a lot of things along the way too.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

No, they had advantages the minute they were born or stepped on U.S soil.

Look at the life expectancy as proof. Child mortality is still a huge issue in Africa, but breeding and keeping Slaves alive in the U.S was seen as important.

I don't care about reaping benefits of our ancestors. You know I'm leaving behind the exact same thing when my time on Earth is over right? I pay taxes so my country has money to not fall apart or become the next South Africa or Brazil. That's nothing special. What matters though is that Europeans are needed to keep any 1st world society functioning at all. And since they were in the U.S from the beginning, the non-white races living next to them were considered passengers on this free ride and always had benefits.

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Paying taxes is not enough to keep a country stabilized. That's pretty much the bare minimum contribution. If we're measuring in actual contribution towards society and towards the future of the country, aside from taxes and general wageslaving to keep everything moving, the majority of us aren't making discoveries or adding anything except for another unit that takes up space.

You're also dismissing Asian societies that managed to create stable first world civilizations that are not only mostly racially homogeneous (Japan is 98%), but non-white. Notice their birth rates are abysmal too.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Paying taxes is not enough to keep a country stabilized. That's pretty much the bare minimum contribution.

Taxes are absolutely crucial in every emergency scenario. Using Brazil as an example, the President admitted their government is all out of money, which is devastating news for a country that was already dirt poor before Covid hit them, and now the people who need the most help are shit out of luck.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/brazilian-president-says-his-country-is-broke-heres-why-11609949590

So I would say my contributions matter a lot. Going into outer space or building robots is cool, but as long as these Scientists live in my country, they're still benefitting from a society that can bail them out.

You're also dismissing Asian societies that managed to create stable first world civilizations that are not only mostly racially homogeneous (Japan is 98%), but non-white. Notice their birth rates are abysmal too.

I don't live in Asian societies. Good for them though, and my advice would be the same. If Asians enjoy 1st world status, then don't replace them with any other group who can't do it.