Comments by "c. j. macq" (@cjmacq-vg8um) on "The Chris Hedges Report: The monstrous myth of Custer" video.

imperialism uses many tactics other than brute force to take terrority from its rightful owners. trickery and fraud enforced through "law" was also used. this was a method the europeans used in southeast asia, india, central and south america and throughout africa. it was often corporate interests that corrupted the law. corporations would con "natives" into contracts and later used those contracts to take the land. they would use laws requiring "peonage" (servitude for unpaid debts) to enslave the locals and the police to enforce these contracts. the miltary would be brought in only if any organized resistance developed. the only one's who could resist this "legal" corporate fraud were places like china and japan who had the military strength to expell the foreigners. corporations use contracts even today to conspire with govts to cheat and rob people as standard operating procedure. 95% of all use of "eminent domain" is used against the lower classes to take their property and hand it to corporations for development. as long as a corrupt ruling elite exists they'll use fraud and/or force to screw "the people" just like they've done for 1000s of years.
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imperialism uses many tactics other than brute force to take terrority from its rightful owners. trickery and fraud enforced through "law" was also used. this was a method the europeans used in southeast asia, india, central and south america and throughout africa. it was often corporate interests that corrupted the law. corporations would con "natives" into contracts and later used those contracts to take the land. they would use laws requiring "peonage" (servitude for unpaid debts) to enslave the locals and the police to enforce these contracts. the miltary would be brought in only if any organized resistance developed. the only one's who could resist this "legal" corporate fraud were places like china and japan who had the military strength to expell the foreigners. corporations use contracts even today to conspire with govts to cheat and rob people as standard operating procedure. 95% of all use of "eminent domain" is used against the lower classes to take their property and hand it to corporations for development. as long as a corrupt ruling elite exists they'll use fraud and/or force to screw "the people" just like they've done for 1000s of years.
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imperialism uses many tactics other than brute force to take terrority from its rightful owners. trickery and fraud enforced through "law" was also used. this was a method the europeans used in southeast asia, india, central and south america and throughout africa. it was often corporate interests that corrupted the law. corporations would con "natives" into contracts and later used those contracts to take the land. they would use laws requiring "peonage" (servitude for unpaid debts) to enslave the locals and the police to enforce these contracts. the miltary would be brought in only if any organized resistance developed. the only one's who could resist this "legal" corporate fraud were places like china and japan who had the military strength to expell the foreigners. corporations use contracts even today to conspire with govts to cheat and rob people as standard operating procedure. 95% of all use of "eminent domain" is used against the lower classes to take their property and hand it to corporations for development. as long as a corrupt ruling elite exists they'll use fraud and/or force to screw "the people" just like they've done for 1000s of years.
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imperialism uses many tactics other than brute force to take terrority from its rightful owners. trickery and fraud enforced through "law" was also used. this was a method the europeans used in southeast asia, india, central and south america and throughout africa. it was often corporate interests that corrupted the law. corporations would con "natives" into contracts and later used those contracts to take the land. they would use laws requiring "peonage" (servitude for unpaid debts) to enslave the locals and the police to enforce these contracts. the miltary would be brought in only if any organized resistance developed. the only one's who could resist this "legal" corporate fraud were places like china and japan who had the military strength to expell the foreigners. corporations use contracts even today to conspire with govts to cheat and rob people as standard operating procedure. 95% of all use of "eminent domain" is used against the lower classes to take their property and hand it to corporations for development. as long as a corrupt ruling elite exists they'll use fraud and/or force to screw "the people" just like they've done for 1000s of years.
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@andyjackson3414 ... never read the book but the movie "little big man" is excellent. (i've recommended it to reactors numerous times but they won't listen.) i think it depicts honestly and brutally the horrors the indigenous americans suffered as their people were slaughtered, their homes destroyed, land stolen and culture obliterated just so capitalist speculators could make a few bucks. isn't capitalism great?
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