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What percentage of the population of the land that is now the US did they represent when Europeans first started colonies there? From the CCP's perspective, wo
by majormajor 5y ago
What percentage of the population of the land that is now the US did they represent when Europeans first started colonies there?
From the CCP's perspective, would a similar decline in percentage be desirable?
From our historical view of the US, are the actions that got us here praiseworthy?
- jimbob45 5y agoTo be fair, a majority of the native population died due to the Europeans inadvertently introducing Smallpox. While I agree with your argument as a whole, I would advise against trying to use numerical arguments for Europe's treatment of the natives.
- Cerium 5y agoI interpreted their argument to mean that the Native Americans were 100% of the American population before Europeans arrived.
- jfk13 5y ago> inadvertently introducing Not always inadvertently, perhaps: https://www.history.com/news/colonists-native-americans-smallpox-blankets https://www.history.com/news/colonists-native-americans-smal... Although that article says that "there’s only one clearly documented instance of a colonial attempt to spread smallpox", the fact that there is any "clearly documented instance" of such an attempt is pretty horrific.