• NostraDavid@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    I don’t understand the “stolen land” idea - The colonists were simply the latest conquerors (and some bough land from the locals, like NYC, so that’s safe to live, I guess?), because certain tribes were hella conquerors.

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      2 months ago

      There’s a movie you should check out. Little Big Man, a fictionalized account of real events in America’s history of taking any and every parcel of land that Native Americans have had the misfortune of living on.

    • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I own a 14 acre property. If someone just came and pitched a tent and build a cabin in the corner of one of my hay fields… By your logic they’re just what exactly? It’s my land. I own it. What makes you think you can just claim it.