I'm not sure how far ancient history goes in terms of determining the here and the now.Originally posted by ZenOps
The US government is more appealing to some now.
At least they are honest about being racist towards true natives americans and sexist, and elitist. Why bother making laws for illegals when you can just kick them out? It does make sense in a nasty way.
Zuckerberg and Hawaii, lets just make it simple: Doesn't matter if your family has owned it for 40,000 years - the man with the most US dollars wins on forced sale (exactly how I imagine they justified taking Manhattan from the natives way back when)
Laws that are simple, but definitely favour one particular side over the other. I mean, did Hawaii even have US dollars for most of the last century?
Also, any aboriginal claims are dubious to me - how can you determine a collective ownership based on race? That seems to utilize a tool (ie race) which we consider abhorrent in almost all other contexts. It's why I don't believe the current land claims and treaties are legitimate.