On a more serious note, using a phrase like “stolen land” has meaning and actual implications in the real world. Both Santa Monica and W Hollywood city council meetings each start with land acknowledgements that they are sitting on stolen land. We have county supervisors reciting those lines too.
It’s both empty virtue signaling and used as a weapon at the same time. It’s empty because no elected official is giving the land back to the tongva just like Billie eilish is not going to get evicted nor will she give her house back.
It’s used as a political weapon to attack ‘things one side doesn’t like’ in both local and international politics, and worse, justifying political violence.
No land is stolen, just taken. I don’t make the rules, that’s the way history works.
Venezuelan man:
“Those who say that the U.S. is only interested in our oil, I ask you: What do you think the Russians and the Chinese wanted here?
The recipe for arepas?"
I’m moving to Somalia. I’ll demand free housing, food, and run for government while campaigning on supporting American Christian values.
Then I’ll wave the American flag and talk about how terrible Somalia is.
Wish me luck.