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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by StanislavPetrov on Friday July 10, 2020 @03:18AM (#23789012)
Whether or not you are a terrible person has nothing to do with legal obligations. If your ancestors took out a loan and signed a lien against a property, that doesn't just go away if they die. Its a legal contract. The whole "white guilt" argument about some sort of collective burden that people are supposed to bear is entirely unrelated to a codified, legal treaty signed by our government.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by astrange on Friday July 10, 2020 @03:40AM (#23789115)
> If your ancestors took out a loan and signed a lien against a property, that doesn't just go away if they die. Its a legal contract.

This is true, but only because liens are special, not because it's a contract. You're not a party to your ancestors' debts or contracts if they die. At most, their estate is.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by StanislavPetrov on Friday July 10, 2020 @04:05AM (#23789248)
Oklahoma is our country's estate.
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