Ah that's the legacy anywhere that you had a more advanced society coming into an area where you had a less advanced society. When you are dividing up plots of land and selling them and putting up fences, nomads chasing herds of bison kind of get in the way.
Chairman Mao said it bluntly. Power grows out of the barrel of a gun. We like to talk about laws but laws only work if there is enforcement. The Chinese say you can't wrap fire with paper. Meaning all the laws in the world can't beat enforcement. The problem the natives had is they didn't have the enforcement to make their lifestyle and laws work. Sure they put up one hell of a fight and even won some battles but they didn't have the momentum.
Why were the treaties not honored? They natives couldn't enforce them. Why does our government break it's own laws constantly? Because they can. Nobody is going in and arresting the politicians or even voting enough of them out of office. They are like "Fuck You!" We know it's not constitutional but we do what we want because we are in charge and you are not.
Chairman Mao said it bluntly. Power grows out of the barrel of a gun. We like to talk about laws but laws only work if there is enforcement. The Chinese say you can't wrap fire with paper. Meaning all the laws in the world can't beat enforcement. The problem the natives had is they didn't have the enforcement to make their lifestyle and laws work. Sure they put up one hell of a fight and even won some battles but they didn't have the momentum.
Why were the treaties not honored? They natives couldn't enforce them. Why does our government break it's own laws constantly? Because they can. Nobody is going in and arresting the politicians or even voting enough of them out of office. They are like "Fuck You!" We know it's not constitutional but we do what we want because we are in charge and you are not.
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