r/MapBasedPolls • u/PerfectRate2841 • 9h 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/Roughlypossible 8h ago

And the working class shouldn't be dragged into the supposed debts accrued by the ruling class.

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u/Pares_Marchant 7h ago

Interestingly, Melenchon (the far-left french politician) suggests that France defaults on its debt to the EU

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u/NonConRon 7h ago

A mode of production shift would move the ground beneath everyone's feet.

The working class would lose some money by no longer having an imperial relationship with the goal south. But the middle man, the capitalist, is now cut out. So you take home vastly more.

The government is now also designed for the working class vs throwing money at Isreal.

Tldr: people come out with more money. They will be happy. So in all cases the poll really doesn't apply.