"The "governments" you speak of consisted of a chief and a couple elders"

They also didn't have churches so they obviously had no religions either. Good thing we brought them Civilization and Jesus and saved them!

Can I get an Amen Brother?

I remember when conservatives pretended they cared about the debt.

That would be when a democrat controlled the White House.

Republicans only care about the debt when Dems have the reigns so they can use it to block any and all democratic public welfare and healthcare programs designed to help Americans.

Left to their own devices, the natives here would still be knapping stone tools and eating corn mush. Look at the reservations today, they're much like the inner-city projects - not much has changed.

#67 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Stealing their lands their languages and cultures and herding them into reservations with no resources had nothing to do with their current states of poverty. Right?

Europeans brought you every good thing you have today.

Indigenous peoples of the Americas domesticated and cultivated nearly 60% of the global food supply, including staples like corn, potatoes, tomatoes, squash, beans, and chocolate. These vital crops were developed and shared through thousands of years of sustainable agriculture and land stewardship.

GFY with your white Christian nationalist nonsense and ignorance.

There was no established government here. Natives often killed each other, took slaves and sold their own children as property. Just STFU raetard.

POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Americans often kill each other now. We took AND brought slaves.

We have pedophiles who rape our own children. How are we any bettter?

Oops! Shoulda quit while you were behind.

Your historical ignorance is showing again.

Before colonization, Native American and Indigenous societies across the Americas featured highly sophisticated, diverse governance systems ranging from participatory consensus democracies and confederacies to centralized chiefdoms and imperial states. Power was largely decentralized, communal, and rooted in kinship, balancing individual liberty with collective responsibility.

The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy: Bound by the Great Law of Peace, five (later six) nations in the Northeast shared a federalist model combining regional self-government with a central council.

The Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy: Utilized a town-based system with specialized civil and military leaders, featuring restorative judicial processes aimed at healing community rifts rather than punitive isolation.

Pueblo Communities: Operated through cooperative, consensus-driven systems in the Southwest, often integrating spiritual and civic leadership via respected elders and societal councils.

Mesoamerican and Andean Empires: Societies like the Aztec and Inca developed large-scale imperial states with complex bureaucracies, centralized taxation, extensive road networks, and stratified administrative governance.

Thank you for the opportunity to teach you actual American history.

"Boomers it's you, and only you.."

Trumpy is a boomer.

Now I have to report you to the Ministry of MAGA.

There goes your visa and your pardon.

Boomers always thinking its everyone else's fault. Boomers it's you, and only you, the spending spree started under you and hasn't stopped under you.

#4 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because we get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

This is my generation

This is my generation, baby

Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
And don't try to dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

This is my generation

This is my generation, baby

My, my, my generation

It's been said for years that far more US politicians are atheists than would ever admit it. Which as far as I know has always been zero.

Jared Huffman. My representative to Congress.

In a 2017 interview with The Washington Post's Michelle Boorstein, Huffman identified as a humanist and said "I suppose you could say I don't believe in God." Previously in his career, he had declined to discuss his religious beliefs or apply any label when asked.[54] Huffman is the only elected member of the U.S. House who openly describes himself as religiously unaffiliated and a secular humanist. Huffman is also the only member of Congress who openly rejects the existence of God.[55] He has also stated that he doesn't believe in life after death.[56]

-Wiki

And now you know there is at least one honest politician.