TRUTHSGIVING: This Thanksgiving, Let’s Put Some ‘Truthsgiving’ on ‘Decolonization.’

Conquest without morality was the rule of all peoples and nations until a couple of hundred years ago. Only in the very recent past has morality become a major consideration in warfare.

And the people most responsible for adding moral considerations to the law of conquest were… Europeans.

People pushing the Victim Narrative pretend that their ancestors were morally superior to their conquerors. In fact, they were not. Their ancestors conquered everyone they could conquer. The Commanche Empire conquered other Indian tribes, which is why Indian tribes allied with American government to fight the Commanches.

Slavery and genocide were pretty much universal until recently. To the extent that they’re not anymore, it’s because of the efforts of Europeans.