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0 pointsmunificent1y ago0 comments

The US has spent tax money to enslave and police Black people, exterminate Native Americans, deport Mexicans who were sometimes American citizens, and force Japanese American citizens into internment camps.

Does a government carry any moral responsibility to right its previous wrongs? If so, what sort of policies would that look like?

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typewithrhythm1y ago

Trying to apply the same idea of history to something as abstract as a government, as to an individual is impossible.

The current people and their representatives did not do those things, so acting as if you are doing the right thing by implementing policy that advances one group over another is immoral. It's just inventing a fictional justification, no better than dark skin being a mark of sin.

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0 pointsmunificent1y ago0 comments

Does a government carry any moral responsibility to right its previous wrongs? If so, what sort of policies would that look like?

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typewithrhythm1y ago

Trying to apply the same idea of history to something as abstract as a government, as to an individual is impossible.

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