According to Jensen, Thanksgiving is “at the heart of U.S. myth-building. “But in the United States, this reluctance to acknowledge our original sin -- the genocide of indigenous people -- is of special importance today,” he explained.
The danger I see is the opposite. This kind of thinking that Jensen espouses is destroying this country and Europe too. It is driven by guilt. Those who are driving it are trying to make people feel guilty. The guilt is used to manipulate people and to gain power.
Why oblige them?
There are two sides to every story. Every story of alleged wrongdoing back then would have another side. But everyone alive then is now dead. The dead cannot defend themselves. The wronged parties are also dead. Nothing you can do now can reverse the injustice done back then.
The bottom line is that you don't apologize or feel guilty about being successful.
Besides, even if he is exactly right- that there's abundant proof of wrongdoing, it wasn't done by anyone now alive. Therefore, the guilt is not going to change that, nor will it lead to justice. Justice can only occur when those who are guilty are punished for their crimes. If a person isn't guilty, then punishment for nonexistent guilt is also a crime.
It is also against the Constitution which forbids ex post facto laws and punishment for people who are related by blood (corruption of blood).
It is also wrong to impose some type of group guilt with punishment imposed for simply being who you are.
It is illogical and manipulative. If there's anything that would help this country more than anything, that would be for people like this to be discredited. But that doesn't appear to be in the cards.
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