The following speech was given by Russell Means in July 1980, before several thousand people who had assembled from all over the world for the Black Hills International Survival Gathering, in the...
  • SkullBunny [it/its]
    11·
    4 years ago

    I look to China and I see the same thing. I look to Vietnam and I see Marxists imposing an industrial order and rooting out the indigenous tribal mountain people.

    I see China exploding nuclear bombs, developing uranium reactors, and preparing a space program in order to colonize and exploit the planets the same as the Europeans colonized and exploited this hemisphere. It's the same old song, but maybe with a faster tempo this time.

      • Speaker [e/em/eir]
        5·
        4 years ago

        I swear I mean this in good faith (and I'd hope other interactions we've had would vouch for that): Why was industrialization and urbanization good? Or maybe, what is the measure for goodness that you're applying in this analysis?

    • xiaoping_showdown [he/him]
      1·
      4 years ago

      Not sure why you're getting downvoted for literally just quoting the article