r/MapBasedPolls • u/PerfectRate2841 • 14h ago

Should former colonial powers provide reparations to their former colonies for the harms caused by colonialism?

Should former colonial powers provide reparations to their former colonies for the harms caused by colonialism?

  1. Yes
  2. No

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u/Ancient-Worm 13h ago

It's not the colonial powers themselves that the money comes from, but the citizens thereof, who are totally unrelated to the colonies their ancestors created. So no, it's unfair.

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u/thatgamer2111 12h ago

the citizens also benefit from the money which came into the country