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That's just normal. It's illegal anywhere to profit or sell stolen goods. Why not simply return the property to it's owners?

sudosysgen 5y ago
No, it's not normal. If you live in America all the land you may own and all its proceeds was stolen, obtained fraudulously, or obtained under duress. This is the case in almost every country on earth. You're not required to give it back because for better or for worse governments are considered sovereign, except for Cuba when that's convenient to US geopolitical goals.
- alentist 5y ago
  https://spectatorworld.com/myth-stolen-country-america-new-world/ https://spectatorworld.com/myth-stolen-country-america-new-w...
  - etc-hosts 5y ago
    wow this article is amazingly stupid. where to begin? > historians have been unable to find any evidence that Columbus was genocidal, or had any particular ill-will towards the Native Americans that he encountered. Even the Spanish thought Columbus was genocidal enough to arrested, chained, and shipped back to Spain for judgement.
    - alentist 5y ago
      Not according to historians [0]. The definition of genocide is [1]: genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group From [0]: Witnesses testified that his brief government of Hispaniola was marked by routine cruelty not only to the native Taínos but also to Spaniards who defied or mocked him. Columbus wanted living and multiplying subjects to tax and govern. He was not interested in depopulating newly acquired territories. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-christopher-columbus/2015/10/08/3e80f358-6d23-11e5-b31c-d80d62b53e28_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-chr... [1] https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml

sudosysgen 5y ago

No, it's not normal. If you live in America all the land you may own and all its proceeds was stolen, obtained fraudulously, or obtained under duress. This is the case in almost every country on earth. You're not required to give it back because for better or for worse governments are considered sovereign, except for Cuba when that's convenient to US geopolitical goals.

alentist 5y ago
https://spectatorworld.com/myth-stolen-country-america-new-world/ https://spectatorworld.com/myth-stolen-country-america-new-w...
- etc-hosts 5y ago
  wow this article is amazingly stupid. where to begin? > historians have been unable to find any evidence that Columbus was genocidal, or had any particular ill-will towards the Native Americans that he encountered. Even the Spanish thought Columbus was genocidal enough to arrested, chained, and shipped back to Spain for judgement.
  - alentist 5y ago
    Not according to historians [0]. The definition of genocide is [1]: genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group From [0]: Witnesses testified that his brief government of Hispaniola was marked by routine cruelty not only to the native Taínos but also to Spaniards who defied or mocked him. Columbus wanted living and multiplying subjects to tax and govern. He was not interested in depopulating newly acquired territories. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-christopher-columbus/2015/10/08/3e80f358-6d23-11e5-b31c-d80d62b53e28_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-chr... [1] https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml