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[–] Auli -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ok but why must we suffer the tyranny of the minority? Why can Bands who don't even live in the area stall projects? Why can a minority of the band stall projects if the majority approve it? We need something that makes more sense then what is happening.

[–] OminousOrange 7 points 2 days ago

I am Canadian. I want to build a mine somewhere else, let's say Finland. I'm going to build it where no one lives, so I don't impact anyone's home. I'll apply my own laws on the site, even if they contradict Finnish law. I'll totally promise to clean up everything and restore it to what it originally was when I'm done. Do you think Finland would be totally cool with that?

These Bands are effectively sovereign nations, though nearly all of their lands have been seized, their communities displaced to wherever their conquerors wanted, stripped of their resources and culture, and yet, not only do you call them tyrants, you question why they want a say in what happens on what little land they have left.