First this company is still doing large business in Russia, we don’t have to go back hundreds of years to find “stolen” land.
There is not a country on the face of this earth that can claim possession of a land from the beginning of time and all countries present borders are relatively new compared to time man has been on this earth. The funny part is there is one country that IMO has historical claims for a land far longer than any I can think of and that is routinely challenged and that is Israel
Second,your point is spot on, let’s start with the “native Americans”, if the account of the land bridge is correct, does it really make sense that the “americas” were uninhabited when they came over? Most likely not so that is the first invasion of the “americas”
I call it recentism, a mental condition where one only goes far enough back in history to back their claim or grievance
For the sake of argument let’s say the americas were uninhabited at the time, but since then and before the “white man” arrived this land was under constant state of war. These people were not living in peace on lands set and divided all that time ago. The warred, they invaded, they enslaved,. Control of lands switched hands constantly and not through diplomacy but war. My. Rushmore and the black hills can trace at least 7 different tribes claiming control and ownership of those lands all through war. So who is the “rightful” claimants of that land.
Mexico often makes claims for parts of the US, fair enough because until those lands were taken from Mexico the land had been under Mexican control since the beginning of time, right? Of course not, but under recentism that doesn’t matter. The fact is the claimed lands became part of Mexico after independence from Spain. Who took the land from others, and those “others” had undoubtedly taken that land form others who had taken it from others….
The argument is ridiculous, but these are the times we live in. Everyone claims victimhood
Let’s talk historynofnslavery slavery and reparations, nah pointless