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Author: Fanra

Oct 11th 2011 at 3:45:03 PM

Is this what you mean by the trope?:

->Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents.
->Without a prison, there can be no delinquents.
->We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves.
->When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift.
->We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property.
->We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being was not determined by his wealth.
->We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians, therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another.
->We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don't know how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.
-->-- '''John (Fire) Lame Deer''', Sioux Lakota - 1903-1976