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There are actually, interestingly enough, historical examples of the opposite. I agree that it is counterintuitive. "In 18th-century America, colonial society

There are actually, interestingly enough, historical examples of the opposite. I agree that it is counterintuitive. "In 18th-century America, colonial society and Native American society sat side by side. The former was buddingly commercial; the latter was communal and tribal. As time went by, the settlers from Europe noticed something: No Indians were defecting to join colonial society, but many whites were defecting to live in the Native American one. This struck them as strange. Colonial society was richer and more advanced. And yet people were voting with their feet the other way. The colonials occasionally tried to welcome Native American children into their midst, but they couldn’t persuade them to stay. " https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/opinion/the-great-affluence-fallacy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/opinion/the-great-affluen...

tomjakubowski 9y ago
> The colonials occasionally tried to welcome Native American children into their midst, but they couldn’t persuade them to stay. "The colonials occasionally tried to welcome Native American children into their midst, but they couldn’t persuade them to stay." is a nice euphemism for "The colonials kidnapped Native American children, but they couldn’t persuade them to stay."
- blfr 9y ago
  The interesting point is that natives also captured colonials' children and did manage to persuade them to stay. And not just impressionable kids, even adults. People in both symmetric situations tended towards pre-modern lifestyle. FTFA The colonials occasionally tried to welcome Native American children into their midst, but they couldn’t persuade them to stay. Benjamin Franklin observed the phenomenon in 1753, writing, “When an Indian child has been brought up among us, taught our language and habituated to our customs, yet if he goes to see his relations and make one Indian ramble with them, there is no persuading him ever to return.” During the wars with the Indians, many European settlers were taken prisoner and held within Indian tribes. After a while, they had plenty of chances to escape and return, and yet they did not. In fact, when they were “rescued,” they fled and hid from their rescuers.
pyroinferno 9y ago
Even white people are naturally tribal, even though globalists will try to tell you otherwise.

tomjakubowski 9y ago

> The colonials occasionally tried to welcome Native American children into their midst, but they couldn’t persuade them to stay. "The colonials occasionally tried to welcome Native American children into their midst, but they couldn’t persuade them to stay." is a nice euphemism for "The colonials kidnapped Native American children, but they couldn’t persuade them to stay."

blfr 9y ago
The interesting point is that natives also captured colonials' children and did manage to persuade them to stay. And not just impressionable kids, even adults. People in both symmetric situations tended towards pre-modern lifestyle. FTFA The colonials occasionally tried to welcome Native American children into their midst, but they couldn’t persuade them to stay. Benjamin Franklin observed the phenomenon in 1753, writing, “When an Indian child has been brought up among us, taught our language and habituated to our customs, yet if he goes to see his relations and make one Indian ramble with them, there is no persuading him ever to return.” During the wars with the Indians, many European settlers were taken prisoner and held within Indian tribes. After a while, they had plenty of chances to escape and return, and yet they did not. In fact, when they were “rescued,” they fled and hid from their rescuers.

pyroinferno 9y ago

Even white people are naturally tribal, even though globalists will try to tell you otherwise.