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Originally Posted by Komskies
Assimilate or gtfo.
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This is such an ignorant statement, I almost didn't want to touch it, but here goes.
If we are proponents of social contract theory and inheritance, then we don't get to pick and choose which parts we want to inherit. Your country either has a social contract, wherein everyone is equal or (in the American/Lockeian tradition) provided with equal opportunity. Native Americans, as a people have been denied any sort of equal opportunity and, in fact, have been disproportianately disadvantaged for 500 years, and they're now expected to seemlessly integrate with the rest of society?
Also, how do you address assimilation in a society that puts a high priority on nationalism? This is a worldwide pheonemon.