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>I think this is somehow similar to how indigenous people wondered how the white man could possibly think of owning >forests, rivers, and land. They considered
by wang_li 11y ago
>I think this is somehow similar to how indigenous people wondered how the white man could possibly think of owning
>forests, rivers, and land. They considered Earth unownable, not belonging to anyone but rather people belonging to the
>Earth.
A) North America has no indigenous people.
B) The people who did live here when the Europeans arrived did have ownership and private property. Sometimes owned by families and sometimes by tribes. And anyone who has even a basic high school education should be aware of the fact that there were Native American nations who controlled and owned territory and would exclude other nations from land use, hunting rights, fishing, etc.
- tymekpavel 11y agoA) Wikipedia begs to differ. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Am...
- wang_li 11y agoWiktionary disaggress. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indigenous https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indigenous Thought I suppose it depends on if you want the word to mean what it means or if you want to use it for some other meaning.
- jakob223 11y agoA) Is there any reason the people who lived in North America in the year 1400 shouldn't be considered indigenous? B) Sure, many had ownership and private property. There were those who didn't as well.