Wdtabor wrote:

OK, I'm about done with the Poor Mistreated Noble Savage crap.....
Our people came here and in 400 years built a nation that feeds the
world and
touched the moon. We earned this place. It is ours. They fell by the
wayside
because their culture stifled progress and inovation......
Cultures are subject to natural selection just like species.

Making no statement regarding the general conversation here, I'd suggest
that you read "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond for a reasonable
refutation of your supposition regarding the relative worth of cultures.

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