It's not even a new lie at that. And while I know it's all "it's just like [insert media here]", but even back in 2007 this lie was known as a lie when it was explicitly stated as such in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. And I think that most people know this. But they don't want to say it. Because they've been conditioned to never say things that aren't nice. That are uncomfortable. That challenge pre-conceived notions.
The only thing white people did with their arrival was give Natives further means to slaughter each other in greater ways through guns. Every civilisation on the planet has slaughtered another. The greatest lie on earth is that peace is the normal state of affairs. Peace has been a blip on our history. A rather nice blip. But a blip all the same.
It's not even a new lie at that. And while I know it's all "it's just like [insert media here]", but even back in 2007 this lie was known as a lie when it was explicitly stated as such in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. And I think that most people know this. But they don't want to say it. Because they've been conditioned to never say things that aren't nice. That are uncomfortable. That challenge pre-conceived notions.
The only thing white people did with their arrival was give Natives further means to slaughter each other in greater ways through guns. Every civilisation on the planet has slaughtered another. The greatest lie on earth is that peace is the normal state of affairs. Peace has been a blip on our history. A rather nice blip. But a blip all the same.