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minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoUnless you’re asserting that none of your ancestors have ever claimed land at the expense of somebody else, you’re a colonist.
minus-squaremathemachristian@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoFor all its faults and crimes, and Lord knows there are many, the country I’m in isn’t oppressing a people native to this region.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoMy point being, go far enough back, and you WILL have found a people or tribe that got wiped out so another group could claim their territory. Where do you (arbitrarily) draw the line?
Unless you’re asserting that none of your ancestors have ever claimed land at the expense of somebody else, you’re a colonist.
For all its faults and crimes, and Lord knows there are many, the country I’m in isn’t oppressing a people native to this region.
My point being, go far enough back, and you WILL have found a people or tribe that got wiped out so another group could claim their territory. Where do you (arbitrarily) draw the line?