At some point in my 14-year limbo between student visa and citizenship, my attitude towards nativists everywhere on earth flipped from fear to contempt. All that remains is a healthy fear of guns, paperwork backed by guns, and respect for the principle of rule of law. That’s it.
As a military invasion (an adversarial social process) no. As a peaceful migration, yes. The specific point I’m firmly denying is claims of spiritual connection to place. “We know about this rainforest, learn from us” okay “This place is holy to us because blood in soil” no.
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Ha! I'm like you I have very little patience with the "sacred lands of our ancestors" argument. But I am a lot more conflicted about arguments along the lines of "preserve our culture/ way of life/lifestyle". 1/
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And of course I then have very little patience with "we want to preserve our TRADITIONAL way of life, but we also DESERVE goodies from modernity"... There are many many aspects to this -- which is why I'm even more against politicizing it than most issues. 2/
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