France’s president says that making Haiti pay for its independence was unjust

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1. It’s good that it’s getting recognition but I agree with one of the comments in the shared posts. It is a little too late. If the conclusion is to give money, that is a very bad idea because Haiti is a glorified gang state and the money would be going into the wrong hands. Best France can do is fund a military expedition to usurp the thugs’ control of the capital rather than just pay what they charged Haiti

2. Does this mean they’re going to pay reparations to the Haitian people for the enslavement, mass murders and payments the US helped force them to pay? Or is it all lip service? The US and France absolutely destroyed Haiti for 2 centuries.

3. i don’t think any sane person think that it was fair today, our french government back then is different from our french government today. Maybe today we would’ve deleted the debts, but haiti already paid off all of its debts. Which i found impressive that they were able to pay everything off considering they were struggling because of all the contraints as a new nation

4. >Economists estimate that this amount is equivalent to billions of dollars today, with some sources citing figures as high as $115 billion. While the initial debt was later reduced, the total payments Haiti made over 64 years amounted to about $560 million in today’s dollars. Some estimates also suggest that if the money had been invested in Haiti’s economy, the value today could be even higher.

5. “Pay for its independence” is something of a euphemism. They made the Haitians pay for themselves. Arguing that the debt was ever legitimate is arguing that slavery was ever legitimate.

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