Don Lemon gets schooled on reparations

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[–]Site_rly_sux 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

The host guy suggests that the royal family's billions might have reparations demands.

The guest lady says, that some africans were involved in slavery, and some royal navy died trying to stop it, so maybe reparations should go the other way.

I would suggest that this is not a great answer for a few reasons.

  1. The question was about the royal family and their wealth. Not the wealth of african warlords. So the answer should be on that topic.

  2. The triangle trade was not, as far as I know, a major contributor to royal family wealth.

  3. Slavery being banned by UK did not eliminate the other terrible things which UK was doing which might be considered for reparations. Opium wars, malay emergency, maumau uprising, Boer wars, etc etc.

  4. I don't think she dealt with the question, I think she avoided it.

  5. The ticker onscreen was about the Duchy of Cornwall, the $1 billion estate mentioned. We should talk about this, because it's a very strange set up. For example, if somebody dies in Cornwall without an heir, the prince gets the money to spend on his gardens or flights or whatever. Should there be reparations to the Cornish community (one of the poorest regions in Europe)? This wasn't dealt with at all.

I think it says a lot that OP gets to call this 'schooled' and move on.

OP (and the tweeter, and the guest woman) doesn't need to deal with any of the points above, because in their dumb minds it's solely a question of the black vs white issues they live in. OP isnt wondering about the opium wars or bengal famine or the Duchy setup. OP wants to live in his comfortable white racist-against-black-peoplw world and never concern himself with nuance or actual history.

So, meh, more upvoted trash from the saidit dipshits

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

i postulate that the british never left anywhere they went, and they only 'left' after they had attained certain assets which allowed them 'controlling share' in whatever land they went

british crown = rot(h)childs or at least they act like it

So, meh, more upvoted trash from the saidit dipshits

it is relevant, it shows the elites methods for avoiding responsibility, and as you point out, all the things omitted

if somebody dies in Cornwall without an heir, the prince gets the money to spend on his gardens or flights or whatever.

the elite have taken the position of 'the house' .. and 'the house' always wins because the game is rigged

the house always pretends they have no power, while literally making up the rules that ensure their victory

play by their rules, and lose, because mathematically impossible to overcome

OP isnt wondering about the opium wars or bengal famine or the Duchy setup.

they did those things to achieve their goals to attain 'controlling shares'

[–]Site_rly_sux 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

In response to your edits

it is relevant, it shows the elites methods for avoiding responsibility

No it doesn't, it's a tweet where one woman talks for a minute. Unless you believe she is the one and only member of "the elite"?

the house always pretends they have no power, while literally making up the rules that ensure their victory

No, that's the published law of the land, there is no pretending going on. I told you about the Duchy of Cornwall, nothing else is applicable to my statement.

they did those things to achieve their goals to attain 'controlling shares'

In the East India company? I don't think that's factually correct that the royal family had a controlling share in the EIC.

Dude you are potentially quite deranged, everything you wrote is here totally incorrect

[–]iDontShift 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

the only derangement here is in you trying to frame me as such

you are a fuck, and that is just fake and silly, go away

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

    I will extend the same offer to you that I have offered to all of saidit. If you are worried that I'm paid to be here then let's do a video call and you can have a look at me and make your own mind up. Weirdly nobody has taken me up on the offer, but maybe you'd like to - I'm on discord, WhatsApp, whatever you want.

    No, I am not upvoting myself, I could not care less how many votes I get, and I write most posts fully assuming the conspiritard racists will not upvote at all. I'm sure the admins here will investigate IPs and whatever to prevent shill voting