The US gov't of the 18th, 19th, 20th century?
So let's say the US gov't says these international corporations were the ones making money.
Then says France was here as well
Now what?
Cut out the labor done here by foreign corporations and gov't and focus on the "United States"?
This shit is a capitalist project, there was no United States, only Europeans extracting wealth where ever they could by any means necessary.
They still have the wealth
Who is going to separate European share of the labor from the "United Staes" share?
This reparations thing is not simple
We have to do the homework before we even start dissecting black people.
Let's use that energy to quantify and identify the debtors.
So far I haven't seen anything from anyone on the board regarding what I outlined above yet there are direct attacks on ourselves.