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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/05/billie-eilish-grammys-stolen-land/

Libertarian upset with people pointing out the obvious.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 52 points 2 days ago (2 children)

No one gives a fuck whether it is legally stolen or not. The point is that it's clearly fucking stolen in principal and morality. Of course the thieves wrote the law in a way that favours themselves? What a stupid fucking article. Literally nobody is claiming that it is stolen by the legal definition because everyone acknowledges that the law was written by the thieves.

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's also cherry picking instances of "legal" acquisition (Manhattan "sold" for fucking beads), while flat out ignoring all the treaties that have been and still are violated.

[–] The_Grinch@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even by that "legal" standard, isn't a contract signed under duress invalid? One side has guns and regularly took land by force and murder.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

Yes lol

Native Americans weren't stupid. They were forced into bad treaties at literal gunpoint. They knew the island of Manhattan was more valuable than what they were getting in return. But it was either take a shitty deal or get genocided.

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

its also rich that the argument here essentially is "well the stolen property was laundered through enough hands that we certainly cant call it stolen anymore" which is something dick epstein and max rascal or whatever the fuck their names are would never agree with if the property were some jewelry stolen by a black man

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 33 points 2 days ago

libertarians when they are asked to contend with amerikkkan civilization being predicated on a pretty large rejection of the non-aggression principle.

[–] thefunkycomitatus@hexbear.net 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Probably not the greatest time to have "Dick Epstein" write an article for your paper.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 days ago

Wapo wins either way cause gonna get attention

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 37 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I had a look at his Wikipedia page. These fuckers...

[He] identified himself as being a "libertarian hawk". [...] Epstein has defended Israel's policies vis-à-vis Palestinians, calling allegations of apartheid a canard. In January 2025, Epstein argued against birthright citizenship in the United States, a right enshrined in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

And the fuckers are super-wrong but it never matters because capital loves them. Emphasis mine. 500!

In March and April 2020, Epstein wrote several essays published by the Hoover Institution giving a contrarian account of the COVID-19 pandemic and warning against extensive containment and mitigative United States responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, which he called an "overreaction". In a piece published on March 16, he argued that the word "pandemic" is not to be used lightly and that the virus should be allowed to run its course, predicting there would be 500 U.S. deaths

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 38 points 2 days ago

Libertarian Zionist named Epstein?

rust-darkness

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 25 points 2 days ago

"I believe we should have a weak state, except for the cops and military, which must be omnipresent and as violent as possible!"

  • A very serious person
[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm having flashbacks to all of the dumb conversations I had with liberals that were simultaneously mad that the US didn't really do intervention to contain covid, but were also maf at China for doing an intervention. Anyway, I didn't know anything about Epstein's intellectual qualities, but now I know he's really fucking stupid.

Edit: Different Epstein, also stupid

what an absolute gobshite.

[–] RamrodBaguette@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

Epstein has defended Israel's policies vis-à-vis Palestinians, calling allegations of apartheid a canard

"Indigenous rights" for me, not for thee

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago

Like I don't want to be disparaging about anyone's looks, but damn does he look like the stereotypical libertarian

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thankfully statements of apology, however sincere, don’t transfer title backward to the original owners, for if they did, civilization would collapse.

Please oh please 🙏

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

Thankfully statements of apology, however sincere, don’t transfer title backward to the original owners, for if they did, civilization would collapse.

he-admit-it

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 days ago

Haha so I read and write primarily about indigenous history.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 28 points 2 days ago

Pure smuglord

Dangerous levels of Smugtonium

[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 19 points 2 days ago

riveting stuff. face the wall, please how-compelling-flipped

[–] Arahnya@hexbear.net 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

this "article" reads like a stonetoss comic

[–] SmithrunHills@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago

didnt fashtoss literally make a comic that was exactly this article too?

[–] SmithrunHills@hexbear.net 19 points 2 days ago

mf get in already barbara-pit