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> There exist a big culture and history of land theft in the Americas by the white upper class from the 16th century until present time.

This sounds like something from a partisan left-wing political tract. Do you have any references?

Of course, land was taken from the Native Americans and brought under the white man's legal system, at which point I no longer believe the claim. The US is basically a country of laws, not of men, or at least has been for most of its history.

I don't know what the threshhold is for "a big culture of" something, but I suspect the truth of it is that it clearly falls short of that.

This kind of claim is also reminiscent of the situation in Israel, which is also left-wing/anti-semitic minefield of misinformation.



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