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I see no reason to feel any remorse for the destruction of Native American society/cultures. CMV.

In the latter centuries of the last millennium, Europe led the world in technology, warfare, navigation, academia, sciences, etc. As a result, Europe spread its "civilizing force" all over the world.




 I believe that the destruction of Native American societies was natural and inevitable consequence of these advantages, and I see no reason why the morality of this is even a factor. Migrations and displacements of peoples has been happening ever since the dawn of the human race itself. While the fate of Native Americans is incredibly unfortunate and I believe that life on Reservations today must be improved, the fate of their civilization as a whole, to me, is simply history running its course. The side that is less well equipped loses (whether they have inferior weapons, technologies, immune systems, etc), and that is what happened to the Native Americans, just as it happened to the societies of Central Asia as Genghis Khan swept the area, and to native populations in India when the Aryan migration displaced them. 




The conflict between pastoral/nomadic societies and settled agricultural civilizations has defined all of human history, and I don't see why the struggle between Europeans and Native Americans is any different and warrants any remorse. To me, debating the righteousness of European decimation of Indigenous peoples in the process of spreading its influence over the world is like debating the morality of a Tsunami hitting a coast. Whether we like it or not, the more fragile parts of the coastline will crumble. Similarly, societies that are not well equipped to stand up to superior technologies, warfare, etc. will also crumble.
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You don't need to feel remorse because it wasn't your fault, but you should feel sympathy and understand that nothing is ever "history running its course." Everything is human. Some things are debatably unavoidable, but most are not. Was the Holocaust "history running its course?" The Vietnam War? There is too much involved to say and revisionism is counterproductive, but to not hold historic figures accountable for their actions is not a good thing.