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Can you link to any example of that argument being used for reparations?

Also generational wealth is like _the_ predictive factor in future economic outcomes. This is basic stuff.

Point is the only case for taking money from people now and giving it to other people is based on the wealth people have now. Everyone involved in slavery (or the slavery reparations attempts to address) is long dead. The argument is "you are wealthier because of slavery". Which may not be true according to the above.

I don't know if that line of reasoning is correct; I'm just laying it out for discussion.

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