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Reparations for black communities in the United States and the United Kingdom are often portrayed as a moral imperative, yet the debate is fundamentally political rather than principled. On one hand, the historical injustices of slavery and racial exploitation are undeniable. But on the other hand, the descendants of enslaved Africans living in Western societies today are materially and socially better off than the majority of Africans on the continent. They benefit from living in states that provide economic opportunity, legal protection, political rights, and social services, advantages that their ancestors could only have dreamed of.
In both the United States and the United Kingdom, governments, universities, and private institutions actively invest in empowering black communities. In the UK, for example, universities run numerous programs and initiatives specifically designed to support black students, offering scholarships, mentorship programs, and career resources. These initiatives give black Britons opportunities that go far beyond what most of their ancestors experienced or what most people in Africa have access to today.
Despite this, reparations continue to dominate public discussion, while far stronger claims remain almost entirely ignored. European nobles whose properties were expropriated by left-wing regimes, particularly in East Germany, provide a clear example. These properties were legally owned, and the owners were stripped of them under political circumstances after the Second World War. Over time, the value of these estates has increased dramatically, meaning that the loss is not merely historical but represents ongoing economic deprivation. The families affected are losing out on the appreciation and benefits of assets that were lawfully theirs. Yet public discourse rarely acknowledges these losses, largely because nobles are perceived as privileged and politically unappealing.
The inconsistency becomes even more apparent when considering Germany in the twentieth century. After World War Two, Germany was forced to pay reparations as the defeated party, while the victorious Allies expropriated German technologies and destroyed factories. Entire industries were dismantled, patents were seized, and German companies were prevented from competing internationally, with the benefits going to other Western powers. People often argue that “losers pay” without appreciating how these demands affected ordinary Germans. Millions of civilians suffered long-term economic consequences, shortages, and reduced opportunities as a direct result of these policies. By contrast, lobbying for reparations for blacks is inherently impractical. Slavery was legal at the time, and modern moral preferences should not be imposed on historical societies. Those who were enslaved are now deceased, and claims must therefore be made null and void. As such, reparations are symbolic and political rather than a practical remedy.
If black communities in the West are still underperforming despite the plethora of programs designed to support them, this is not society’s fault. Across the world, black populations underperform relative to other groups in education, income, and professional achievement, even in nations without systemic discrimination. Their relative performance in Western countries is therefore not unusual or indicative of a society failing them. Western states have provided legal protections, economic opportunities, and targeted empowerment initiatives; persistent gaps reflect broader trends rather than contemporary injustice. Reparations framed as owed by society ignore the fact that these populations already enjoy advantages unavailable in many parts of the world.
In practice, the reparations debate is highly selective and driven by politics. Certain groups are framed as deserving and sympathetic, while others with materially stronger claims are ignored. The result is an inconsistent application of moral and economic reasoning. The idea of reparations for black communities is celebrated in public discourse, while German nobles and citizens affected by wartime expropriations are dismissed or ridiculed. The inconsistency exposes the debate for what it is: a political exercise rather than a serious effort to deliver justice. It prioritizes contemporary sentiment and identity politics over consistent principles of property rights, legal ownership, and economic loss. Reparations in this context are political and selective, and they are unlikely to be defended consistently if judged by universal principles of justice rather than contemporary ideology.
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No western government ever owned a a slave thus they owe nothing to blacks. Actually, when you factor in crime and welfare blacks owe White people trillions of dollars.
American blacks are the luckiest blacks in the world. They should shut up because we are running out of patience and good will.
Your points are logical, factual and true. But the loony left doesn’t argue from facts and logic. Any sort of normal dialogue with them is futile. They know they are wrong.
They use lies, censorship and violence. Those are their “debating ” tactics. They are hostile to the truth. They worship death.
And how much longer are dispossessed Whites going to put up with their evil and horseshit cause I don’t have time for forever.
Dave Schillerstrom: December 11, 2025 No western government ever owned a slave thus they owe nothing to blacks. Actually, when you factor in crime and welfare blacks owe White people trillions of dollars.
American blacks… should shut up because we are running out of patience and good will.
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Tell that to Lip Man, the American black.
You speak for most Whites, Dave, and Lip Man speaks for his people. They are organized as Democrats. Whites are not organized to resist our replacement by non-Whites. Forget the GOP for organizing our people.
Whites have crossed a line of no return if we continue to insist on mass democracy as the system to select our leaders.
We are in the endgame of democracy. When EVERYBODY can vote democracy will cease to exist as a viable system of governance. If you are not paying for your share of the pizza you do not get to decide on the toppings. Only certified taxpayers should be allowed to vote.
Hell is a democracy. Heaven is a kingdom.
Dave Schillerstrom: December 12, 2025 … When EVERYBODY can vote, democracy will cease to exist as a viable system of governance.,, Only certified taxpayers should be allowed to vote…
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I was referring to eligible Whites under mass democracy, Dave, not economics (taxpayers). Once White voters are outnumbered by Jews, Blacks, other non-Whites and whites who side with Democrats and Republicans in the anti-White mass electorate, it’s over.
The best definition of democracy today is two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner.
In the U.S. democracy worked for a while when only males, “free, White and 21,” cast one vote his family. That surely changed for good a little over a century ago when women, Blacks and others were given the franchise. How has that worked out?
Here’s the timeline of when others besides landowning White male citizens over 21 were allowed voting rights: Voting in the United States: A Timeline – Voting Resources – LibGuides at American University Washington College of Law Note that in 1828 Maryland allowed Jews to get their big noses under their tent by granting them the right to vote.
Here tells who were allowed in the first democracy in Athens, Greece: Ancient Athens: Who Could Vote & Why Others Were Excluded
Imagine democracy, the idea of ‘the people’ ruling, starting not with everyone included, but with a surprisingly tiny group. That’s exactly what happened in ancient Athens, the world’s first true democracy. Simply put, only a small, specific group of free, adult men whose parents were both Athenian citizens could vote. Everyone else – and that was most people – was purposefully left out of politics. Think of it like a very exclusive club where membership wasn’t about money, but about your family history and social standing, all tied to a strong sense of being truly Athenian.
The real story is more interesting than you might guess, and it really makes us rethink what ‘democracy’ meant back then compared to what we think it means now. For the ancient Athenians, ‘the people’ meant a much smaller group than it does for us today. The reason why comes down to their very strict rules for who counted as a citizen, rules that became really firm around the mid-400s BCE.
So, Who Counted as an Athenian Citizen?
So, who were these special people? To be a full Athenian citizen – and that meant you could vote in the big Assembly where all the important decisions were made – you needed to meet a few key requirements. First, you had to be a free man, not someone who was enslaved. Second, you had to be an adult, usually around 20 years old, after finishing your military training. But here’s the most important part, the one that really cut down the numbers: both your mother and your father had to be Athenian citizens. This wasn’t always the case, but it became a strict law in 451 BCE, strongly supported by the famous leader, Pericles.
This law changed everything. It essentially made political power something you inherited, like a family heirloom. Imagine a family business that only direct blood relatives can take over. The main goal was to protect what made Athens special and keep those privileges for true Athenians.
Mass democracy aside for the moment, the only essay that has been featured on the main page of C-C by outstanding race-thinker, Wolf Stoner, was back in February, “The State vs. the Nation”
Modern states and ethnic/racial interests have nothing in common. The last true ethnic state was annihilated 80 years ago. The whole modern globalist system is built on denial of white identity. Therefore, everyone who serves the interests of the state, automatically promotes and abets this anti-White agenda. Proceeding from this understanding, our goal must be to disengage from the state as much as possible. The state isn’t something holy; it is only an instrument that is supposed to be in the hands of an ethnos. When this instrument, for some reason, ceases to be useful, or even becomes harmful, it must be replaced. The state is nothing; the race is everything. The state must serve the race’s interests, not the other way around.
The laughable tendency of many White Americans to worship the state and its symbols, like the flag, is utterly counterproductive. It allows our enemies to manipulate public opinion in any direction. It is enough to proclaim gravely on TV that “the interests of the United States” require such and such measures and a gullible crowd instantly approves anything, even openly criminal infringement on civil freedoms (as after 2001 under the Bush administration) [the Patriot ACT]. The main problem of modern Whites is their loss of a healthy ethnic mentality, under which everything would be evaluated from a position of “what does this mean for my people?”…
While we are on the subject of democracy, I found this on Wolf Stoner’s odyssey.com video channel yesterday: “Dr. William Pierce – Democracy” Wolf provides the link where the source for this program can be purchased: “CDs & DVDs – Cosmotheism”
If that link doesn’t work for the reader, simply put the word ‘democracy’ in the search block at nationalvanguard.org and dozens of essays will appear with that word in the titles, including this one by Dr. Pierce from 1998: “Democracy”
…[Q]uestioning democracy is not something that a prudent person does lightly. Nevertheless, many people have begun to have their doubts about democracy these days. Every time Mr. Clinton’s smiling mug appears on the TV screen, and people are reminded that it was the democratic process which put him at the head of our government, they are assailed by doubts about democracy. How could this have happened? they think. We always had faith in democracy, but now it has made a laughingstock of our government around the world. And there are other reasons for doubts as well — at least, on the part of the more observant and thoughtful portion of the population.
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Dave Schillerstrom: December 12, 2025 We are in the endgame of democracy… Hell is a democracy…
In summary: the more things change, the more they stay the same.
The slave holders in the South certainly had a good argument for payment for their stolen property when slaves were freed. Do they deserve reparations today for their kin? Germany and Japan both made strong recoveries after defeat due to long term assistance in reconstruction of their countries. Both sacrificed freedoms for a time, but were allowed to thrive. Blacks keep coming back to the trough because even with money and programs they still fail. It’s also why they dread separation from whites despite their claims of oppression. They know how things look in Africa and Haiti so Atlanta or Detroit aren’t so bad.
If there were no blacks in Atlanta, Detroit or Haiti, then these places would be vastly better. They would be human, instead of sub-human.
It’s a Jewish idea. “Reparations continue to dominate public discussion” (as the author says above), because the jew-media constantly push it.
Like recreational drugs, gay “marriage”, transsexualism, porn, and open borders, this constant push for so-called “reparations” is part of the Jewish campaign to destroy the White race. The Jews will provide the financing for reparations payments, charging their usual interest, sales commissions and transaction fees. Later they will sell consumer items to the blacks, and grab the rest of the money. Whites will lose, and blacks will end up with nothing. It will all go to the Jews. Clever Jews! Stupid goyim.
Blacks will never get reparations, they didn’t get them under Obama, and they didn’t get them under Biden. The jews will not allow any other group to get monies that can go to them. 🙃
When a black CIA-staffer visited Zambia, he saw straw huts there, and said: I am really lucky that my ancestors were brought to America from this shithole.
That prick cassius clay said a similar thing about zaire.
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