[RonHolzwarth]

Huh?

Looks to me like you just swapped sides. Earlier, you said: "And the tribes here had a mainly communist leadership. What's your point?", as a justification for the European takeover.

Now you just said: "Generally, communism promotes the public ownership of land."

That's a pretty broad brush! I think you are confusing different cultural values, and consider the American system of land ownership to be of Divine inspiration.

The early Christian communities were essentially communist, or socialistic groups, known as "communes". So guess where the Karl Marx came up with the word "Communist". In fact, in Israel today, there are a great many communities that are known as "kibbutzes". Guess what they are,,,

Only later, when Soviet style Communists replaced the original ideal of people working together, did Communist ideology become tainted.

My original point was simple, looks like you missed it completely.

I said: "Different cultures, different values."

[Blue Collar Christian]

I agree about the different cultures, different values. And I cannot put ANY of them down. I certainly did not use the communist type society that the indigenous Americans had as justification for European takeover. There is no justification for what happened, and there is no way to correct or revise it.

Communism, tainted or not, generally promotes common ownership, or NO ownership of land.

I just wonder why you brought this up in the first place, as it seems irrelevant to the issue being discussed.