The Epstein files are taking a lot of attention, but the reparations movements gaining worldwide momentum are more interesting. How do you even start pricing payback models into national economies, and what effect is that going to have on market forces. Not sure if any of it will ever come to pass.
PaulHoule•1h ago
I'll argue that if you want to fail at a cause just join it up with "the unicause" and you make failure certain. On the other hand you might think marginalization is moral superiority and you can win by failing, in which case the unicause is for you.
I believed in the unicause in 1993 and had the good fortune to be told by black nationalists that they didn't want no honky to tell them what to do and it was the best thing that ever happened to me.
nis0s•47m ago
The idea of reparations is both a fascinating economic and social problem to think about.
I personally think reparations at a group or nation state level are impractical and infeasible, but maybe someone could show a paper or two on how they could model the effect of such resource or money movement across nations and economies.
I can’t even imagine the geopolitical consequences, but I think a lot of new nuclear nations are going to pop up.
Climate change is real, but climate justice seems like a convenient excuse to make someone else pay for your country’s bad governance. What keeps many of these countries from building up from shanties like Singapore, or becoming small and mighty like Vietnam? How do they imagine that an influx of money will solve any of those problems which keep them from transforming at the moment? Iraq has 1100% more GDP since it was bombed after 9/11, but it still struggles with electricity and water supply issues. Lack of money and resources is not the problem for many of these nations, but their leaders and elites are excellent at convincing everyone otherwise.
yongjik•40m ago
We can't even get the leader of the world's most powerful country (yet) to accept that climate change is a real problem. Along with half of its citizens.
Reparations may sound nice in theory, but when we're in the middle of a fire ... maybe turn off the gas first before worrying about who's going to pay the hospital bills?
nis0s•1h ago
PaulHoule•1h ago
I believed in the unicause in 1993 and had the good fortune to be told by black nationalists that they didn't want no honky to tell them what to do and it was the best thing that ever happened to me.
nis0s•47m ago
I personally think reparations at a group or nation state level are impractical and infeasible, but maybe someone could show a paper or two on how they could model the effect of such resource or money movement across nations and economies.
I can’t even imagine the geopolitical consequences, but I think a lot of new nuclear nations are going to pop up.
Climate change is real, but climate justice seems like a convenient excuse to make someone else pay for your country’s bad governance. What keeps many of these countries from building up from shanties like Singapore, or becoming small and mighty like Vietnam? How do they imagine that an influx of money will solve any of those problems which keep them from transforming at the moment? Iraq has 1100% more GDP since it was bombed after 9/11, but it still struggles with electricity and water supply issues. Lack of money and resources is not the problem for many of these nations, but their leaders and elites are excellent at convincing everyone otherwise.