0:02

There are two kinds of people in

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the world, the colonizers and the colonized,

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at least according to the left, which

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in recent years has labeled

0:11

all of history's victors the

0:13

unjust beneficiaries of settler colonialism.

0:16

This pejorative phrase has cropped up

0:19

everywhere the left dominates, the universities,

0:21

the media, even the government. Its

0:24

purpose is to delegitimize every western country

0:26

that the left doesn't like. America,

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Britain, Spain, Portugal, France, Israel,

0:31

and so on. But

0:34

the phrase doesn't mean all that much

0:36

when you consider that every single regime

0:38

and tribal society in history was

0:40

established by settlers and colonizers of

0:43

one kind or another. To

0:45

put it another way, not since Adam

0:47

in the Garden of Eden has any people

0:49

sprouted out of the ground, and

0:52

in the case of Adam, you might recall, he had a

0:54

little help. Borders, nations,

0:56

and regimes have changed for

0:58

all of history as people

1:00

have multiplied, expanded, and moved

1:02

around. The aim of

1:04

the decolonization activists is to

1:06

return land from the people who currently possess

1:08

it to the people who previously possessed

1:11

it. But that doesn't solve the

1:13

problem. It only pushes the problem

1:15

one step back in time. In

1:18

1980, the United States Supreme Court ruled that

1:20

the American government had illegally taken the Black

1:23

Hills of South Dakota, the site of

1:25

Mount Rushmore, from the Lakota Sioux. The

1:28

court ordered the government to pay the Lakota

1:30

the initial offering price of the land plus

1:32

interest. But even the liberal court

1:35

did not order the US to vacate and give

1:37

the land back to the Indians. How

1:39

could it? A quarter million

1:41

Americans live there. In

1:43

any case, the Sioux refused the money. And

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it's a lucky thing. Because

1:48

the payment would raise just as many problems

1:50

as it would solve. Because

1:53

the Sioux did not magically sprout out of the

1:55

Black Hills. In fact, the

1:57

Sioux possessed the Black Hills for less time.

2:00

than the United States has. The

2:02

Sioux took the land from the Cheyenne in

2:04

the late 18th century. If

2:07

the U.S. is going to pay the immediate previous

2:09

owners of the land, shouldn't the

2:11

Sioux pay the Cheyenne? And

2:14

shouldn't the Cheyenne pay the Kiowa and the

2:16

Crow who owned the land prior to

2:18

the Cheyenne? And

2:20

what about the Comanche and the Arapaho, both of

2:22

whom claimed the territory before the Kiowa and the

2:24

Crow, who lost it to the Cheyenne, who lost

2:26

it to the Lakota, who lost it to the

2:29

U.S.? And

2:31

how exactly are we supposed to decolonize

2:33

the Black Hills? Even

2:35

if we could identify the right tribe,

2:38

is there even anyone around today who

2:40

could seriously claim ownership 10 generations

2:43

later? Is there any

2:45

statute of limitations here? Until

2:47

about 75 years ago, everyone

2:49

recognized the right of conquest. If

2:52

you took land and could hold it long enough, it

2:55

was yours. Then liberal

2:57

Utopians convinced themselves that they could

2:59

outlaw human nature, but

3:01

they couldn't. People continued

3:03

to grow, explore, and

3:06

conquer. And why do they do it?

3:09

The decolonization activists will tell you

3:11

the answer is plunder, material

3:14

gain. And for most of history,

3:16

in most of the world, that has been true. The

3:18

few exceptions, it should be noted, were found

3:20

in the West. Yes,

3:23

one motivation of many Western colonizers

3:25

was wealth, but it was not

3:27

the only one. They were frequently motivated

3:29

by higher ideals as well. The

3:32

proof is that most of them not only

3:34

didn't get rich, but were personally impoverished for

3:36

their efforts. The pilgrims of

3:38

the Mayflower gave up lives of relative comfort

3:41

to settle in America, and half of them died

3:43

in the attempt. George Washington

3:45

lost much of his net worth during the

3:47

Revolutionary War. Thomas Jefferson died

3:49

a debtor as a consequence of his many

3:52

years in public service. Even

3:54

those who proudly referred to themselves as

3:56

conquistadors, The men leftists call

3:58

thieves and plunderers, Are often

4:00

motivated by higher ideals. Specifically.

4:03

To spread faith in God and he adoption

4:05

of Biblical morality. Five.

4:07

Years before Columbus sailed the ocean

4:10

blue, the Aztec Empire, which itself

4:12

had conquered any number of tribes,

4:14

sacrificed tens of thousands of victims

4:16

to their patron demon over the

4:18

course of just four days. Hernan.

4:21

Cortez witnessed the source of sacrifices when he

4:23

arrived. And Fifteen Twenty one at the

4:25

as the capital of ten feet long. As

4:29

tech priests sliced open the chest

4:31

of victims. And offered they're still

4:33

beating hearts as a sacrifice to the demons

4:35

before kicking they're dead bodies down the steps

4:37

of the temple. Happily.

4:40

Cortez conquered the Aztecs, stopped

4:42

the human sacrifice and introduced

4:44

the natives to christianity. Those.

4:47

Who oppose human sacrifice And I hope

4:49

you include yourself in that group. Must.

4:52

Consider this and unambiguously

4:54

positive development. This.

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Is not to say. That. Western colonizers didn't

4:58

commit their share of crimes. They

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certainly did. It. Is to

5:03

say. That. Not all colonization

5:05

is equal. Some. Forms

5:07

are better than others. So.

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Here's a useful thought experiment. Who.

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Would you rather be colonized by? Christians.

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Or. As tax. On. Michael,

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host of the Michael Moore Show. For.

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Prager University. Thank.

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