• Dialectdezenuts [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Death by plague is still genocide when you’ve pushed people off their land into starvation conditions.

    It wasn’t simply that they didn’t have evolved resistance to influenza and measles but also that they were being starved by not having access to traditional food sources, and the reservations were inadequate to feed them meaning they were particularly susceptible to disease due to their weakened physical condition.