03-09-2018, 09:42 AM
(03-09-2018, 09:35 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: By trying to create a more just present you take away personal freedoms. What happened in the past is unfortunate but it happened. Trying to go back now just takes away someone else’s stuff that had nothing to do with any injustices from the past.
To say that they had nothing to do with it is not entirely accurate. They benefit from those injustices. Their property, their social status, those exist because of those injustices. This isn't to say I think reparative takings should happen. The reality of the situation is just not as black and white as you are making it seem.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
