• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      It was the same with the original development of the country.

      The difference is apparent when compared to Canada.

      In Canada the pioneers were led or joined by the police, the newly created Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Law and order arrived either before or with the new pioneers.

      In the US, it was the other way around. Pioneers went west without any officials, police or law enforcement. Pioneers dealt with everything by the force of a gun. Whoever had a gun was the one with power and controlled everything … you could be a good moral person and lead a community or you could be a gang leader, decrepit, immoral and unjust, as long as you had a gun, you could do whatever you wanted.

      • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        I don’t know, what does “we” mean here? A lot of people colonized America prior to the creation of the united states of America.