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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's actually even more fucked up than fabricating it entirely. Early on they were more or less getting along, but under false pretenses. The settlers claimed they had no interest in expanding into native lands and they were just there temporarily to facilitate trade with England.