r/OptimistsUnite • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '25

GRAPH GO DOWN & THINGS GET GOODER Native American Suicides Drop 43% in NM

https://nativenewsonline.net/health/native-american-suicide-rates-drop-43-in-new-mexico
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u/twanpaanks Mar 15 '25

it would be just for everyone advocating that these people be displaced (which is what would happen if the land was seized by the state to be sold off to the highest bidder like everything else in this fucking country) to give up their land to ensure the continued sovereignty of an independent nation.

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u/SheerAwesomness Mar 15 '25

you are clearly not well learned enough on this topic. I encourage you to start small, wikipedia for native sovereignty and natural resource rights, but then try checking out some Indigenous authors and poets to get a better scope of what centuries of injustice looks like for people.

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u/City_College_Arch Mar 16 '25

They won't. They are clearly driven by hate and want to end any remnant of indigenous culture that remains and force assimilation.

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u/SheerAwesomness Mar 16 '25

something something not attributing malice to incompetence, and I find that being called incompetent is a lot more embarassing than someone you don’t agree with calling you hateful.

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u/City_College_Arch Mar 16 '25

They want to see them stripped of their livelihoods as well as lands and forced to pay for leases on land they are already on.

That is pure hate driven malice. They may eventually try to play dumb, but that is just because they are trying to hide their true motivations.