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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
What is my theory? that natives live like they do because the reservation system in broken? while i do think it is corrupt, broken and only keeps them down they do not have a culture that values money or jobs. alcoholism is rampant, natives can't handle alcohol.
think about it though, while people from europe were discovering the world and creating cities and new ways of living the natives just lived in the same way they always have. in canada eventually people thought it would be a good idea to take away their children and raise them "right" in christian schools where abuse was the norm, carried out by the good white people. this did not help them.
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First and foremost, no one is required to live on a reservation. There is nothing "broken" and nothing to "fix". I don't even know what you are talking about when you say "system".
Why is it that people also can't be held accountable for their decisions? For their crime? For their addictions? Why is the only answer "they are in no way to blame for anything they do and any decision they make"?