History Memes

How is taking France’s side and agreeing with it that it deserved reparations for its slaves having freed themselves ‘backing up’ France?

How is it agreeing that France deserved reparations for its slaves? After the 'reparations' agreement was made, neither the UK nor the US immediately recognized Haiti.

Do you just not understand what ‘backing up’ means?

Typically it means to support a side or initiative, not 'do nothing'.

They were supposed to normalize relations without recognizing the validity of France’s bullshit punitive debt, so that Haiti could be allowed to economically develop and trade (with countries other than France, at least) without that yoke around its neck. Obviously.

... okay, first, the US had trade relations with Haiti since 1799, what was lacking was formal diplomatic recognition.

Second, the normalization of relations from both the US and the UK did not address the validity or invalidity of France's debt. It was irrelevant to the issue of recognition.

Third, you don't seem to understand that an agreement between two sovereign states is not affected by the stance of any other countries on it. The US and the UK saying "We don't recognize Haiti's right to make agreements with France >:(" would not have invalidated that agreement with France; only Haiti or France had the ability to modify that agreement.

Why are you playing dumb? Are you trying to troll me? You’re usually not like this.

I'm not playing dumb, I'm astounded that you're regarding an unjust agreement between two sovereign nations as something that other countries have some sort of say in. Even today, with the UN, incredibly interlinked economies, and strong conceptions of international law, this argument would be difficult.