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Arguments for Africa reparations are the same pointless, feckless arguments for African-American reparations. Arguments for reparations are indirect confessions of failures. Are the arguments for reparations just covert requests for re-colonization? All groups (racial or not) have enslaved other groups (racial or not). The word "slave" comes from the Slavic people who were enslaved by Roman and Muslim empires. And empire in between. Should the people of Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia sue Italy, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia (birthplace of Islam) for reparations? Or is this just a Black-White issue? Reparations are paid by the Loser to the Winner. Yes, Germany paid reparations after WW1 and WW2. Germany made its final payment for World War I reparations on October 3, 2010. Unlike World War I reparations, there was no specific endpoint for World War II reparations. Instead, Germany made payments over several decades, primarily to individual victims of Nazi persecution and to the State of Israel for Holocaust reparations. On the Africa-Europe issue, the former African colonies are on the Loser side for it is pleading from weakness, not from strength. The Winner can demand reparations from the Loser because Strength is on the side of the Winner. It is not Personal. It is just Business. Can the ex-African colonies make an offer that the Western Powers cannot refuse? Africa depends much more on the Western Powers than the other way around. Deny raw materials? Raw materials can be found outside Africa. Africa cannot produce the machinery needed in a Modern Economy. But, but, but what about the reparations Haiti paid to France? Haiti was the WINNER in 1804!!! Really? Usually after a war, the Winner is still a threat to the Loser. In 1804, Haiti was not a threat to France (Haiti had no Navy) but France was still a threat to Haiti. Haiti was at best a Pyrrhic Winner. For more than 200 years, Haiti has been losing the Peace. France, being still a threat to Haiti, was in the position to demand, from Strength, reparations. Nations go through life cycles like humans. A cohort of Leaders remain such for about 60 years. The USA went through a mid-life crisis at the 84th year (1860 -1776) with the Civil War; the USA survived that crisis. The USSR went through a mid-life crisis at the 72th year (1989 -1917); the USSR did not survive the crisis. The PRC went through a crisis at the 34th year (1982 -1948) with the switch to the Capitalist Economic model; however Deng Tsiao Ping was a contemporary of Mao Tse Dong. Many African colonies gained their Independence in the early 1960's. 60 years have passed (2020 -1960). The original African Leaders have passed on. The current set of African Leaders have to reflect hard on the correctness of their predecessors' initiatives. This current demand for "reparations" is as incorrect as their predecessors' love for Socialism.

Those calling for reparations betray their own failures. The successful do not call for reparations; their success is the best revenge. USA: former colony of England; USA: successful country not asking for reparations. Australia: former colony of England; Australia: successful country not asking for reparations. Taiwan: former colony of Japan; Taiwan: successful country not asking for reparations. South Korea: former colony of Japan; South Korea: successful country not asking for reparations. North Korea: former colony of Japan; North Korea: failed nation, should it ask for reparations? Israel did not beg for reparations. The winners of WW2 (the Allied forces and the USSR) demanded Germany to make reparations to the victims of the Holocaust, not to Israel proper (Israel came to be in 1948). Besides, modern Israel was never a colony. But, but, but ancient Israel was a colony of Ancient Roman Empire!!! Israel, sue for reparations from Italy!!! It is pitiful to see failed countries pleading for "reparations" from former colonizers. They fought, figuratively and literally, for their Independence which was granted or won. However, said failed nations did not know what to do with their Independence. Independence to an unprepared nation is akin to giving a loaded gun to a monkey. Failures have a proven record of failing time and time again and show no exercise of self-repair. Monetary "reparations" will repair nothing. Monetary "reparations" is akin to giving more heroin to the heroin addict: short term pleasure followed with long term pain. Actual healing is done from within, not from without. Paradox of getting a bank loan: those in the least need of loans are most likely to get loans. If you have outstanding debt, no job, criminal record, living on the streets, you definitely NEED a loan (MONEY!!! I NEED MONEY!!!) but you are unlikely to get a loan. Of course you have a long list of reasons for your pitiful situation ("The Police planted the drugs on me!", "My great-great-great-grand parents were SLAVES!!!", "Wypiple stole my wealth!!", etc.). But no matter: No. Money. For. You. Those most likely to get reparations are those who are demanding it from strength; but then, given your strength, you are unlikely to ask for reparations: Success is the best Revenge. But, but, but some Native American Tribes are getting REPARATIONS!!! Yep. Despite "reparations", said tribes are still stuck in Poverty and Misery. One bad policy ("reparations" to american tribes) should not be followed by another bad one ("reparations" to ADOS/FBA). In fact, all bad policies should be eliminated. But, but, but some Japanese got REPARATIONS!!! Yes. The paradox of getting a bank loan in play. The Japanese community has done much better than average in the USA and reparations were neither needed nor desired. Reparations were given to the Japanese actually interned ($20K per individual), not to the progeny of said Japanese. Those in the Black Community pushing for reparations show all the characteristics of a failing community. Many past programs focused on the Black Community (LBJ's Grand Society Programs, the HBCU's, Affirmative Action Programs, busing Blacks to White schools, establishment of Liberia, extended Welfare State, etc..) are reparations. In 1911, Booker T Washington warned us of the grifters, the poverty pimps: "There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs-partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs." Frederick Douglass was against reparations. Quotation from "WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH THE SLAVES IF EMANCIPATED?" (Douglass' Monthly, January, 1862): "Our answer is, do nothing with them; mind your business, and let them mind theirs. Your doing with them is their greatest misfortune. They have been undone by your doings, and all they now ask, and really have need of at your hands, is just to let them alone. They suffer by every interference, and succeed best by being let alone." The current supplicants for reparations are dishonoring, disgracing the legacies of Booker T Washington and Frederick Douglass; they were actually slaves, not you. But, but, but JIM CROW LAWS!!! Yep. A racist system set up by the Democrat Party (the Republican Party freed the slaves). Get reparations from the Democrat Party. And yet... African-Americans vote Democrat 85% of the time as of 2024 AD. Go figure. African-Americans suffering from Stockholm syndrome. The Blacks need mental help, not reparations. But, but, but SLAVES built the USA!!! Nope. HELPED build the USA, Yes. BUILT the USA, No. Slavery is low-tech. The USA of Automobiles, Gene Therapy, Space Travel, Computers, Internet is high-tech. High-Tech is impossible via Slavery. If Slavery were around today, the USA would be deep in Misery and Poverty, with Donkey and Horse as main Transportation. Slaves were used because one cannot train Donkey and Horse to pick cotton; with the mechanical cotton harvester, slavery became useless and uneconomical. Slaves did not invent the mechanical cotton harvester. The FBA (Foundational Black American), the ADOS (American Descendent of Slavery) should pay extra taxes to the Government to express gratitude for having their ancestors sent to the blessed land of America on a slave ship. Muhammed Ali, after the fight with George Foreman, said "I am glad my grand pappy came to America on a slave ship". The FBA, the ADOS could be stuck in Africa today (the horror!!!) if not for the slave trade. The FBA and ADOS need to kiss the White Man's gluteus maximus.

Demanding reparations for long past damages to ancestors (slavery) is stupid and unwise. The statute of limitations has been long expired; slaves and slave owners are long, long dead. There was a limited time after the Civil War to demand legitimately for reparations for freed slaves from slave owners. OK, expropriate the wealth of the former slave owners and transfer said wealth to the freed slaves. History is tragic. The Civil War wiped out utterly the wealth of 99% of the former slave owners and many former slave owners were not land owners. Post-Civil War there was little to distribute to former slaves because nearly all southerners (Black, White) became destitute from the war. Who benefitted (financially, property-wise, wealth-wise) from the Civil War? Answer: the Northerners and they were not slave owners. But, but, but the evil Southern slave owners traded with the Northerners!!! The Northerners need to pay reparations!!! Nope. Said evil Southern slave owners traded also with people of Europe, Asia, South and Central America, even Africa. Should one demand reparations from Europe, Asia, South America, Central America, Africa, Australia? The source of slaves in the Americas was the African Continent. Africans selling off their ethnic siblings to slavery to the Western market (the Americas) and Eastern market (Muslim world) benefitted monetarily from the trade. Go demand reparations from the various African Nations. All African Nations will laugh at such demands for reparations. Go demand reparations from the various Muslim Nations. All Muslim Nations will laugh at such demands for reparations. Booker T. Washington (former slave) wrote about former slaves helping out their former owners who fell on hard times. Should said former slaves DEMAND reparations instead of helping the former owners? The slave revenge movies are popular today (2024 AD). A village has been totally destroyed by a tornado. God is guilty of this EVIL!!! Demand reparations from God!!! Such thoughts are idiotic. Someone damaged either your person or your property. You have full rights to demand reparations from the guilty. However, tragically, the guilty is often destitute so what reparations can you get? Are you going to mourn your loss forever and never do anything? A village has been totally destroyed by a tornado. What to do? Wait until God provides reparations? Or would you get up and rebuild the village? A drug-addicted, homeless, penniless, deranged arsonist burned down your house. What to do? Do nothing, do not rebuild the house until the arsonist made FULL Reparations? Question: Should you suffer for the sins of your dead parents? Should you pay off the debts of your dead parents? Generational servitude is sustained by having children obligated for the debts of their parents: this is the history of poverty in 3rd world countries, aka s**th**e countries. There is an asymmetry. I am sure you are very eager to collect what is owed to your dead parents. Even if the debt is owed only to your dead great-great-great-grand parents. Underlying this eagerness is greed. This asymmetry makes one blind to the other party. You are not the sole party in society. Others (the other party) are also part of society. Question rephrased: Should the other party suffer for the sins of their dead parents? Should the other party pay off the debts of their dead parents? Some reparations seekers may quote the Bible. Proverbs 3:27 = Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act. The problem is that nothing is owed to the reparation seekers who are just grifters looking for something for nothing. If someone was owed, it is the long-dead great-great-great-grand parents, NOT you. Justice. The issue of reparation is often linked to that of justice. When you go to court, you do not determine what Justice is. The Judge, the Court, the Jury decide what is Justice for you. You may not be satisfied with the Justice but if you want to stay a citizen in good standing with society, you have to ACCEPT the Judgement. What you are seeking is not so much Justice but Satisfaction. Satisfaction has more in common with Retribution than with Justice. Yes, you can appeal again and again and again and again. You just become a vexatious litigant and your standing in society diminishes. You become a liability, not an asset to society. Think of the Bible as a collection of writings by the Ancients Sages, not so much the Word of God. Deuteronomy 15 : 1 = At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. Comment: The above verse refers to you who want reparations. If reparations is debt, cancel the debt. What is your valuation of the concept of "statute of limitations"? Deuteronomy 15 : 3 = You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your brother owes you. Comment: Who is supposed to pay this "reparation"? Which entity is supposed to pay this "reparation"? Do you consider this entity to be a foreigner or a sibling? Deuteronomy 15 :11 = There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land. Comment: The above verse refers to you who want reparations. Instead of demanding "reparations", try to become an asset, not a liability, to your society. The mob's motto: No Justice, no Peace! Much of the violence, turmoil, dystopia in this World is caused by people pursuing JUSTICE!!!, pursuing COSMIC JUSTICE!!! Question: what do you value more: Justice? Peace?

The speaker is explicitly biased. His pro-leftist opinion doesn't represent the situation on the ground, but rather merely preach "neoliberal neoliberal" while not backing up his statements with any considerable arguments.

Chris's book is one of the few truly-balanced books that holds *all sides accountable* for the Ukraine crisis (though not w/ its faults), esp. by anyone remotely "left-wing."

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Thank you so much , Volodymyr and Chris, for this well-informed coverage of the situation in Ukraine❣

This conversation is insightful.

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Thank you for uploading this. This lecture was easy and interesting to listen. I can see the reluctance of some traditional healers to work with biomedical practicioners, because of the history and negative connotations of their practice (traditional healers). Not only that, but the spiritual aspect is very important to traditional healing and folk don't want to mix spiritual healing with medicine, as it would deem to effect the spirituality of one person. All in all, very informative, can't wait for more.

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