Originally Posted by powerclown

Because instead of saying, "Oh those poor people" or "Oh those mean people" I find underlying issues more interesting. And there are always underlying issues. I'm not referring to racial superiority or any of that nonsense, I'm talking about tactics. For example, in a boxing match you have 2 fighters, of the same weight, strength and aggressiveness, each bent on subduing the other through physical violence. Yet one wins, one loses...and there are concrete, objective reasons for it (better jab, quicker feet, more effective combinations, better defense). This is what I'm talking about, but I'm not sure if nationstates or technical superiority had anything to do with it. The American Indian had access to rifles, and fought with just as much if not more ferocity and cunning than white men. They also, like the Africans, had superior knowledge of the local environment. Yet both lost to an outside force and I like to understand the reasons why.