There is a fifth alternative that is even more just: the punishment of the criminal masters for the benefit of their former slaves-in short, the imposition of reparations or damages upon the former criminal class, for the benefit of their victims.
Beginning during the 1940s, the Nation of Islam urged reparations for slavery and "Called on the federal government to cede several southern states to become the territory of an African American nation".
Today, the idea of reparations is geared toward the sorts of policy options that are now quite familiar: more spending on programs that resemble traditional welfare programs of recent decades.
Kamala Harris, for example, supports more spending on health programs "As a form of reparations for slavery."
This has now become the standard policy formula for reparations.
Needless to say, a reparations program of this magnitude is exceedingly unlikely to happen.
The reparations issue is unlikely to disappear any time soon, because it will remain useful to the debate over taxpayer funding of the welfare state.
https://mises.org/wire/when-reparations-slavery-become-just-another-welfare-program
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