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"Misunderstanding" seems perhaps overly charitable to the colonial settlers. Possessing of enough military force to ignore others rights would be more historic
by ethbr1 2y ago
"Misunderstanding" seems perhaps overly charitable to the colonial settlers.
Possessing of enough military force to ignore others rights would be more historically descriptive.
Even if they had fully understood all the nuances of indigenous property rights, they still would have stolen the land. Confusion was just a fig leaf.
- ponow 2y agoDeveloping defence capacity is a basic responsibility. Humans can scream foul if they lose out to machine hybrids or extraterrestrials.
- 9dev 2y agoSo what, it’s your own fault if someone assaults you and takes away your things?
- ethbr1 2y agoI mean, kind of? Not in a morally absolving the attacker way. But in a you had agency and chose to underinvest in defense way. That said, it's pretty unlikely the rest of the world could have defended against a technologically advanced Europe / Middle East / China, at their respective peaks, and especially after transoceanic sail enabled cross-sea logistics.