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2024-02-05 18:52:30 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2DB4094D3184461E816AFF91661349D056C9BB8FE1B87A7E5362F554E2C7A584
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Original Note:
America was quite literally stolen & colonialists used as pretext the Doctrine of Discovery - unilateral decree of law by Pope Alexander VI in 1493 that categorized Indigenous as subhuman bc they were not Christian & treated their land as unoccupied & available for the taking. https://wfpc.sanford.duke.edu/north-carolina/durham-food-history/european-colonizers-create-wealth-through-stolen-land-and-stolen-labor-1600-1868/
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