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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Were the losers treated badly? yes.
Were the slaves treated badly? yes.
Is it my fault? NO. I had nothing to do with anything that went on before I was born. Anyone that profited from the mistreatment of either group didn't leave me a cent, so I didn't profit indirectly either. I ain't paying reparations to anyone.
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yes you did.
You're white. If you were Native, you'd be on a reservation, and wouldn't be doing well enough to have filled your home with all those "doodads" . White males like you and I "start on third base", as jinx frequently reminds me.
BUT:
Dar·win·ism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (därw-nzm)
n.
A theory of biological evolution developed by Charles Darwin and others, stating that all species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that increase the individual's ability to compete, survive, and reproduce. Also called Darwinian theory.
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This is where it all comes from. Man in general, just like Gorillas, Lions, Wolves, etc. are subject to natural selection. Look at the empires gone by. Rome. England. Germany. A subset or race or nation of people takes over the land of weaker subsets in order to increase the size of THEIR population, resources and wealth. Some assimilate the loser, some enslave, some attemot to exterminate. The Moors immediately mated with all of the indigenous females of breeding age. The Romans enslaved and subjected the loser to their laws. Hitler was busy eliminating them all together.
The Native Americans refused to assimilate, so they were quarantined on reservations. More humane than exterminating them, but it has the same effect. Instead of two cultures mingling and being the stronger for it, they were put into museums for us to marvel at.
The unfortunate thing for the NA's was that they were technologically unadvanced, and eventually outnumbered. Their lifestyle required more land per capita than the pre industrial Europeans, and meant that there were less of them to fight the white man.
All this said, I'm sorry, but the Native Americans lost. Sad for them, but again, THEY LOST. you don't pay the loser. He lost. This is the real world. Sucks to say it, and I sound like FileNotFound, but that's my opinion on the matter.
I should add that I'm not saying the "white man" is stronger or smarter than the Native American, or any other race. Just that at the end of the day, that's how it is. I would hope that my opinion would be the same if I was of another race, but then who can say?
.....er, that's all I have to say about that.......