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"To the west if you found a piece of land and lived there for 100 years, it's yours - that's how the US was founded after all" You, uh, do realize that every p
by GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
"To the west if you found a piece of land and lived there for 100 years, it's yours - that's how the US was founded after all"
You, uh, do realize that every piece of land in the US was found first by people who were already living there?
- scarmig 12y agoTechnically speaking, those same people didn't live there too long once colonizers and the US government arrived.
- mikeash 12y agoThat's the point he's making: if you occupy land for a century or so, we tend to consider it yours, regardless of what happened prior.
- Dylan16807 12y agoMultiple people can find something.