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And if there happened to be people on the land they “wanted” well then there’s guns and smallpox blankets to take care of those pesky details.

“The people there didn’t have the concept of ownership” but some pioneers sure as hell made sure to enlighten them by laying claim to that same land and then threatening anyone for encroaching on it.




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