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It's in the name isn't it? Colonies. There were already people there who shouldn't have any rights to the land.
by lozenge 3y ago
It's in the name isn't it? Colonies. There were already people there who shouldn't have any rights to the land.
- strictnein 3y agoWhich group of people who were in the Americas had the "right" to the land? The groups that were on the land when Columbus landed? Or the groups that were there when the Pilgrims landed? Or the groups that were there in 1776? For large swaths of the Americas, these are all different groups, many of which seized the land through violence. It's something people like to throw out as an argument, but it falls on its face under the most basic of scrutiny. The entire earth was "stolen" many, many times by this definition, making it nonsensical.
- dghlsakjg 3y agoYou could start with the ones who were forced to sign treaties under the current constitution under duress, or treaties they couldn't read, or treaties that weren't respected. https://www.history.com/news/native-american-broken-treaties https://www.history.com/news/native-american-broken-treaties