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2024 Feb 8, 8:21pm 195 views 4 comments
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HeadSet
2024 Feb 9, 7:14am
HeadSet
2024 Feb 9, 7:14am
AmericanKulak says
I know that is an attempt at humor, but one still needs some basis in reality. There were no smallpox blankets, it was $24 worth of beads, and those Indians sold the Dutch land that was not owned by their tribe.
Dutch sharpies ripped off the local indigenous peoples by buying Manhattan for 20 bucks worth of beads and some smallpox-laden blankets.
I know that is an attempt at humor, but one still needs some basis in reality. There were no smallpox blankets, it was $24 worth of beads, and those Indians sold the Dutch land that was not owned by their tribe.
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Tenpoundbass
2024 Feb 9, 7:30pm
Tenpoundbass
2024 Feb 9, 7:30pm
Because the media has brainwashed everyone into being scared little pussies, that if you're too conservative then you're a terrorist or some shit.
I blame the sorry sacks of shit in congress that has allowed the besmirchment with impunity.
I blame the sorry sacks of shit in congress that has allowed the besmirchment with impunity.
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AmericanKulak
2025 Mar 10, 11:06am
AmericanKulak
2025 Mar 10, 11:06am
HeadSet says
Yes, and even the $24 is misleading. It was $24 in trade goods as measured by Gold Guilders or someshit, so adjusted to today's money it was much more. The mention is also in passing and not the actual treaty itself in full.
To buy Staten Island, we DO have the full invoice:
“10 boxes of shirts, 10 ells of red cloth, 30 pounds of powder, 30 pairs of socks, 2 pieces of duffel, some awls, 10 muskets, 30 kettles, 25 adzes, 10 bars of lead, 50 axes and some knives.”
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12657/was-manhattan-really-bought-24
This article is really good because it blows away the misconception that Indians had no idea of property rights, private or public/communal, when they understood both and exercised them long before Europeans came . Indian treaties with each other recognized both family rights/ownership to an area, and were so complex they would divide river bank access during Salmon runs according to moon phases with neighbors ... something like: "You get the Wakapanunu River Run during Salmon Season between the waxing quarter and half on the West bank, we get it from waxing quarter and half moon on the East bank. Otherwise we have it in all other seasons on both banks except in the Moon of the Honking Goose when it's yours on both sides"
I know that is an attempt at humor, but one still needs some basis in reality. There were no smallpox blankets, it was $24 worth of beads, and those Indians sold the Dutch land that was not owned by their tribe.
Yes, and even the $24 is misleading. It was $24 in trade goods as measured by Gold Guilders or someshit, so adjusted to today's money it was much more. The mention is also in passing and not the actual treaty itself in full.
To buy Staten Island, we DO have the full invoice:
“10 boxes of shirts, 10 ells of red cloth, 30 pounds of powder, 30 pairs of socks, 2 pieces of duffel, some awls, 10 muskets, 30 kettles, 25 adzes, 10 bars of lead, 50 axes and some knives.”
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12657/was-manhattan-really-bought-24
This article is really good because it blows away the misconception that Indians had no idea of property rights, private or public/communal, when they understood both and exercised them long before Europeans came . Indian treaties with each other recognized both family rights/ownership to an area, and were so complex they would divide river bank access during Salmon runs according to moon phases with neighbors ... something like: "You get the Wakapanunu River Run during Salmon Season between the waxing quarter and half on the West bank, we get it from waxing quarter and half moon on the East bank. Otherwise we have it in all other seasons on both banks except in the Moon of the Honking Goose when it's yours on both sides"
We’re not talking about Susan Collins here. Maine is a blue state, so she’s the best we are ever going to do. You can’t hold her being a moderate against her because she doesn’t pretend to be anything else. No, I’m talking about the guys from the manly red states. I’m talking about guys who should be channeling Godzilla and instead channel Barney the Dinosaur.
Take Senator Jim Lankford – that’s James to you, peasants! Take him, please! He’s from Oklahoma, so he should be so right-wing he makes Genghis Khan look like a San Francisco pinko pervert. But no. Given the chance to negotiate immigration reform – a proper reform would consist simply of us shutting the border and deporting all illegals – Jimmy rolled over for Chuck Schumer and agreed to the most embarrassingly bad deal since a bunch of Dutch sharpies ripped off the local indigenous peoples by buying Manhattan for 20 bucks worth of beads and some smallpox-laden blankets.
Now, by many measures, Jimmy is a hard-core conservative. Donald Trump endorsed him. He’s pro-America. He likes freedom, within corporately-defined limits, of course. He thinks we have a right to guns, probably. But then again, he also abased himself for correctly questioning the questionable 2020 election results. Pathetic. He’s hard, in the sense that butter is hard when you take it out of the fridge, but when you apply a little heat, it melts into a bubbling puddle of goo.
Jimmy is gooey. That’s what many Red State Republicans are. For gosh sake, you can’t get any redder than South Carolina, and look at what it’s inflicted upon us. Tim Scott. Lindsay Graham. Nikki Haley. Is it too much to ask a conservative state for some actual conservatives? And when I say “conservatives,” I mean 2024 conservatives, not retread 2004 conservatives who accept liberal premises and specialize in competently and soberly managing our decline. I’m talking about 2024 conservatives who want to fight the power, who want to own the libs, who want to win, dammit.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/02/08/why-are-red-state-republicans-often-such-losers-n2634898