But okay, go on, tell me then: how do you calculate fair reparations?

Fair to whom? The belligerent state will never see it as 'fair,' as evident by this very article. There's no fair for the former colony either, the cost of those lives and the cumulative impact of their deaths are incalculable. The point of reparations is to bridge that gap. That can include payments to families of the victims directly impacted, payments directly to the former colony for development and sovereignty, and even the abolition of neo-colonialist systems that continue to hyper exploit them to this day.

No it's not "short sighted" because this is about precedence - Germany would be utterly (and rightfully imo) shafted should reparations become standard for "it's been a long time ago" stuff, especially from what is technically a predecessor country.

Yeah, reparations is absolutely the correct precedent to set. And no, the benefactors of centuries of colonialism and neo-colonialism can absolutely afford to do so.

There is no easy way forward - the people who would have to pay were not even born when those atrocities happened - but benefit from them, even if indirectly.

This is the exact same argument white supremacists use against reparations for slavery, and completly ignores both the cumulative impact of the initial atrocities as well as the institutionalized evolution of the hyper exploitation (Jim Crow and Neo-colonialism respectively).

Please take his into consideration whenever you decide to develop beyond spewing Trump level parols.

Funny, considering your stance that reparations set's a bad short-sighted precedent is infinitely closer to Trump's view than mine.