(08-30-2024, 07:38 PM)HereOnThePrimalEdge Wrote: If you were a native Hawaiian and had to carry sandalwood logs off the mauna, or work in the adze quarry would you think the ali’i system of government was in your best interest?
Spoken like a true haole. Seriously, Edge, why are you imposing your beliefs on others? Maybe, just maybe, to work in the quarry was a gifted position, highly exalted, open to only a select few, and revered throughout society.. the value of their product sure suggests as much to me..
Sheesh, who knows? Maybe working as part of a ohana doesn't include the selfishness you suggest folks be saddled with. Maybe all that me me me stuff is itself a haole construct..