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> 1. every land has been invaded/occupied/taken over at some point in history. it is human nature. deal with it. What kind of argument is this? Would you be ok
by 3minus1 13y ago
> 1. every land has been invaded/occupied/taken over at some point in history. it is human nature. deal with it.
What kind of argument is this? Would you be ok with China conquering the United States? What if it was after 90% were wiped out by SARs?
> I didn't fucking enslave anyone. nobody alive today in the US killed any native americans or owned any slaves.
Of course you didn't. But slavery and the dispossession of native lands created a status quo that benefits you.
- pekk 13y agoWould you be OK with China intentionally displacing natives of one of its provinces with Han Chinese? Today, in the modern era, as opposed to hundreds of years ago? No one can seriously dispute how bad the Native Americans got it (ANYWHERE in the Americas), and no one can undo that now. But we all just look the other way about ongoing activities in (say) China because what can you do and besides, they brought development to the benighted natives ruled by tyrants, and anyway, Edward Snowden?