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>The global capitalist system seeks to change this, often by stealing their land at gunpoint..

What a bizarre notion. The global capitalist system has goals? It owns guns, and steals land and children?

Let's ignore this fuzzy notion for now and address what you seem to be claiming.

Yes, there is a global capitalist system, and yes, guns are sometimes used to steal land, but no, it is not a defining characteristic of capitalism to steal land at gunpoint. You just weaken your case by this overreach. Reasonable people tune out when you start making shit up like this.



Why stoop to raw interpretation of metaphorical illustration?

Sure, capitalism, as a philosophy doesn't have goal. Yet, the clash between a capitalistic society where land-ownership exist and societies where land is shared does and has ended up in conflict, with the capitalistic ones taking away the lands from the native. At gun-point. It happened in Canada, USA, the whole of Americas. It happened in Australia. Rolling eyes and acting smug does not further the conversation. It does lead credence to the meme that people ignore their own history.




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