pragmatist comments on Open thread, 16-22 June 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pragmatist 17 June 2014 12:26:32PM 0 points [-]

Do you want to lose (most of) your culture, adapt the newcomers' way of doing things and have a chance of competing with them economically?

Do you think this is an option that was meaningfully available to Native Americans in the early 19th century?

Comment author: Emile 18 June 2014 02:26:23AM 2 points [-]

They definitely had the possibility to choose different strategies, some more or less like that, but the power imbalance was such that either way, the prospects were pretty bad.