Exactly. How & why I learned 7 languages (including 2 indigenous languages) besides English before I hit 35, as well as learning about their cultures & their histories. I learned those languages from native speakers, not from textbooks. My "citizenship" is World Citizen, my "race" is Human Race.

Tacitus wrote of the Romans in Britain: "They built a desert and called it peace." About the USA, a future historian might say: "They built a prison and called it freedom."

An amazing song by @dmbofficial.bsky.social sings eerily of the Native genocide.

"Away, away
You have been banished
Your land is gone
And given to me
And here I will spread my wings
Yes, I will call this home
What's this you say?
You feel the right to remain
Then stay, and I will bury you..."

February 28, 1933: The Reichstag Fire Decree was issued, which suspended civil liberties and allowed for imprisonment without trial, giving Hitler emergency powers.

Today they're called ICE agents.