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I wonder about that. Right now, the fact that the Nations don’t have direct representation in Congress (yes, I understand citizens can vote in the state the res
by Robotbeat 6y ago
I wonder about that. Right now, the fact that the Nations don’t have direct representation in Congress (yes, I understand citizens can vote in the state the reservation resides in) makes them appear more like subjects of an Empire than as coequals in a Republic. I think a lot about how to improve this. I think a lot about how to truly reckon with genocide and yet coexist. If anyone has resources about how to improve this, let me know!
- inetknght 6y ago> the fact that the Nations don’t have direct representation in Congress The EU doesn't have representation in Congress either
- Robotbeat 6y agoThe EU is not under US Federal jurisdiction, as apparently Indian Nations are.
- mrkurt 6y ago> more like subjects of an Empire than as coequals in a Republic This is a great way to frame it.
- jcranmer 6y agoOne solution I thought of in an alternative history universe where the US doesn't genocide Native Americans is a tricameral legislature, where the third house is effectively ethnically-based instead of geographically based. Although given the actual histories of countries that do have strict ethnic quotas for allotting political power, I doubt it would work quite so well in practice.
- Robotbeat 6y agoYeah... I think explicit ethnic quotas can be really problematic. but ethnic quotas would've been better than how things worked out (i.e. genocide), though. (I should point out that tribal membership is more complicated than just genetic background, and that it varies from tribe to tribe. Continuity from the existing tribal governments at the time until today need not have been explicitly ethnic.)