> This whole idea of reparations for things done by previous generations is absurd. Where do you draw the line - 1900? 1800? 1700?
I’m interested where you draw the line in the other direction. 1900? 1950? 1980?
In 1980, most people alive today had not yet been born. Suppose a country took out a loan in 1980 and have made minimum payments since then. Can a young new leader of that country validly refuse to pay the remainder of the debt because they shouldn’t owe anything for a previous generation’s actions?
Suppose a country confiscated land from some people in the 1950s, and those people fled the country. In 2022 is it too late to demand the land back?
Suppose that two nations declared a treaty of alliance in 1900. In 2022, one of the nations is attacked. Can the other party to the treaty claim that they are not bound to any agreement made by their long-dead ancestors?
I’m interested where you draw the line in the other direction. 1900? 1950? 1980?
In 1980, most people alive today had not yet been born. Suppose a country took out a loan in 1980 and have made minimum payments since then. Can a young new leader of that country validly refuse to pay the remainder of the debt because they shouldn’t owe anything for a previous generation’s actions?
Suppose a country confiscated land from some people in the 1950s, and those people fled the country. In 2022 is it too late to demand the land back?
Suppose that two nations declared a treaty of alliance in 1900. In 2022, one of the nations is attacked. Can the other party to the treaty claim that they are not bound to any agreement made by their long-dead ancestors?