Torn Church should thoroughly establish itself as the only religion allowed to be practiced in Torn. Christmas/Easter events should all be based on the Torn Church doctrine, which is separate to all other religions IRL. They may resemble a Christian understanding, but that is coincidence only and not the lack of creativity of Our One True Lord and Savior Chedburn, may peace be upon him, whom the Khalsa belongs, namaste und Namo Chedburndhaya, hallowed be his name.
That 30 something German will be contributing to the reparations through taxes (https://jweekly.com/2023/06/15/germany-agrees-to-record-1-4-billion-in-annual-holocaust-reparations-as-survivors-age/). Just because the 30yr/o didn't do it, doesn't mean the victims are less deserving of compensation, nor their government less culpable.
I hope the American voters and lawmakers thought long and hard on their holiday about justice.
Is it the wealthy class finding ways of strengthening the status quo and keeping the populace divided for easier control?
If only a vast amount of information could be contained within data centers, accessible world wide, allowing an exchange of ideas between people who take interest in a topic. I'm stumped.
Christmas was invented as a recruitment tool and a date was chosen when the prevailing culture already had a celebration.
Juneteenth is on June 19th because it happened to be the date when a community began an organized celebration for emancipation, growing year after year.
If you can't figure out how to make your life better, there's lots of internet information on that too.
Interesting to note, the population of enslaved people in 1865 exceeded the population of colonists in 1776. So Juneteenth celebrates a greater number of Americans gaining independence.