I find that White people do not like to be reminded of this fact. Human-beings still existing in various stages of tribal or feudal society around the world were unduly impressed with cheaply produced Western mirrors (thought to be “spirit-catchers”) and glass-beads – thought to be from the sky (that is, the various gods that might exist “above”). In exchange for these cheaply produced trinkets, the representatives of the West (all competing against one another for influence) stole land, everything found in the land (natural resources), and took control of all natural resources already in circulation – such as iron, gold, silver, diamonds, salt, and all kinds of other things (including food stuffs). As the indigenous people had no concept of a “fair-price” or “capitalist exploitation” – they gave these things willingly out of a sense of innocence, dignity and friendship (perhaps superior to the Westerners they confronted). When they protested – the Western settlers simply took their lives.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 