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Do the governments of former white settler colonies (e.g. Australia, Canada, New Zealand) owe reparations to the descendants of their indigenous inhabitants? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by tomasz@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

The original people should never have had their land stolen.

However..

Do reparations go to someone else, because they're the distant offspring of someone wronged?
Are reparations a one-time thing?
In the case of Canada, some tribes wiped out other tribes. Who gets reparations there?
Should we offer reparations even if they don't help?

In the case of Canada, I do strongly believe our reparations have overstayed their welcome and it's time to stop. Not because we've equalized the wrongdoing, but because the reparations are not addressing those wronged.

For example - In Canada, we heavily subsidize lots of native American areas which were only relevant back when the fur trade was a thing, and would have naturally collapsed after the global economy moved on. The areas are not self sustainable, and quite frankly never were.

In my opinion, a better solution for long past injustices is mandatory curriculum on the subject. It still won't help those harmed, but it can prevent us from making the same mistakes again.

[–] SrEstegosaurio@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In my opinion, a better solution for long past injustices is mandatory curriculum on the subject. It still won’t help those harmed, but it can prevent us from making the same mistakes again.

I agree with this. Money is not going to fix anything. The damadge has been done so now we have to stop it to prevent more harm and educate. Tell what happend, why and why it was terrible.

In my country we neglect this and due to that a lot of people still think that a dictator was good.

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