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people are doing well, so many of them now have their own home, they have property. and then a percentage of them are free and they re doing so well. all you have to do is extend slavery longer and more and more enslaved will do better off, become better off. these are arguments, these are positions. so, there you are, chair of this caribbean regional commission, looking at these reparations. first step you wanted was a formal apology from the former colonial colonisers like the united kingdom and so on. you haven t got very far, have you? well, because there has always been two approaches to this matter. the oppressor class, the beneficiaries of these crimes against humanity, have always preferred to have a settlement approach. look what germany has just done in namibia. that wasn t reparations, that was a settlement. and here s how the settlement. that was what germany paid in regards to the genocide in the early 20th century. the genocide in namibia, in africa. the herero people.
you haven t got very far, have you? well, because there has always been two approaches to this matter. the oppressor class, the beneficiaries of these crimes against humanity, have always preferred to have a settlement approach. that wasn t reparations, that was a settlement. and here s how the settlement. that was what germany paid in regards to the genocide in the early 20th century. the genocide in namibia, in africa. the herero people. and that has become the model for many european countries indeed. the americans are ambivalent about it. but here s the issue you have to say that reparations is a process. it s not an event. settlement is an event. you can show that you have suffered harm, the harm has become systemic, those who have benefited from that harm could actually say here s $1 billion, take it and go away. that s closure. reparations says no. so, what do you want, then? first of all, reparations is a process. it begins with the step that
they re doing so well. all you have to do is extend slavery longer and more and more enslaved will do better off, become better off. these are arguments, these are positions. so, there you are, chair of this caribbean regional commission, looking at these reparations. first step you wanted was a formal apology from the former colonial colonisers like the united kingdom and so on. you haven t got very far, have you? well, because there has always been two approaches to this matter. the oppressor class, the beneficiaries of these crimes against humanity, have always preferred to have a settlement approach. look what germany has just done in namibia. that wasn t reparations, that was a settlement. and here s how the settlement. that was what germany paid in regards to the genocide in the early 20th century. the genocide in namibia, in africa. the herero people. and that has become the model for many european countries indeed. the americans are ambivalent about it. but here s the issue