@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 2 years agoWhat single purchase has returned the most in terms of value?message-square172fedilinkarrow-up1164
arrow-up1164message-squareWhat single purchase has returned the most in terms of value?@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square172fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink21•2 years agoDutch settlers purchased Manhattan from the indigenous Americans for beads and other goods valued at 60 guilders (about $1,000 today).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink33•2 years agoAt best that’s a myth, at worst it’s whitewashed history to hide a genocide. The Lenape didn’t have a concept of land ownership, they didn’t believe a person could own the earth, so they couldn’t have had anything to sell.
minus-squareRhynoplazcakelinkfedilink27•2 years agoHell, if somebody offered to give me $1000 for the Grand Canyon, I’d congratulate him on his new canyon.
Dutch settlers purchased Manhattan from the indigenous Americans for beads and other goods valued at 60 guilders (about $1,000 today).
At best that’s a myth, at worst it’s whitewashed history to hide a genocide. The Lenape didn’t have a concept of land ownership, they didn’t believe a person could own the earth, so they couldn’t have had anything to sell.
Agreed, thanks for clarifying.
Hell, if somebody offered to give me $1000 for the Grand Canyon, I’d congratulate him on his new canyon.
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