Sorry had to point that out, I could not understand the logic of your post otherwise, I only know Aristotelian logic.
As an example "Why aren't the native Americans richer than the Europeans?"
Because as I've said everything has been stolen from them? How can they be richer if everything has been stolen from them? You're a millionaire, I steal your money. "I'm rich because I've stolen from you". Then someone says "Why isn't the millionaire rich, he had a million". This is where my understanding of your logic breaks down.
"That does not validate everything you said and invalidate anything I did."
That was not the intention, sorry if you felt offended.
My point is you attribute the entirety of success to to theft, and I think there is a lot more to it. At a minimum, there is the ability to defend and retain what was taken. There is also the ability to utilize the resources one possesses.
The answer to the question "why Americans are so rich" is obviously much much bigger (and more interesting) than that they stole resources from indigenous people.
>That was not the intention, sorry if you felt offended.
What was the intention? I thought you were just being a dismissive asshole, ignoring the rest of a post. Was it a joke that fell flat? were you planning to come back and engage with the other six sentences later?
As an example "Why aren't the native Americans richer than the Europeans?"
Because as I've said everything has been stolen from them? How can they be richer if everything has been stolen from them? You're a millionaire, I steal your money. "I'm rich because I've stolen from you". Then someone says "Why isn't the millionaire rich, he had a million". This is where my understanding of your logic breaks down.
"That does not validate everything you said and invalidate anything I did."
That was not the intention, sorry if you felt offended.