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Originally Posted by BoLevi
I think there is a reasonable conversation to be had on how to handle the people who did not prevail in a conflict (any conflict). This is a topic on which reasonable people can disagree.
I think there are three challenges that present themselves. Discussion of "stealing" and "theft" assumes that we can assign ownership to a small number of nomadic people who basically did not practice agriculture and had a vanishingly small population density. Second, it is very difficult to establish descendant-based compensation without getting into some very racist weeds on the topic considering that healthy societies see extensive inter-marriage between ethnic groups. Third, the more time that passes the more an argument can be made that compensation is punishing people for the "sins of their fathers" - something that is generally considered morally unacceptable.
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How are those remotely related to acknowledging traditional land and ensuring Indigenous people have the full and proper access to the same standard quality of life many other enjoy (like clean drinking water)?
You didn’t even read the post. Shameful.