Background : at 1:20 - https://youtube.com/watch?v=ih2RLpJ1ikU&feature=share
we see Microsoft employees apologize to 20 Indigenous tribes for being in Seattle.
Please correct me if I am wrong - This is why I feel every American should be disgusted:
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The purpose of a sincere apology is promise future reparations of some kind
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Microsoft themselves has NO intention of paying these reparations (despite being in a perfect position to give back any land they feel guilty about)
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The expectation is that YOU will have to repay BIPOC to assuage Microsoft's guilt....
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If I wanted to be held responsible for historic crimes of my people I would go and live in North Korea - I hear they love that shit.
We took it by ancient laws of conquest and bartering. Not our fault the indians were poor traders. Also they ate babies so fuck them.
They made great trades, in their own system.
"Hey! Some guy gave us a box of really valuable stuff for land we don't even own! Good deal huh!" (Manhattan in that case)
Native tribes were notorious for selling other tribes' land :p