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Nov 24, 2016 at 4:20 comment added jamesqf @Mołot: Bad example because 1) It was the isolation that caused the immune system deficiencies; and 2) they didn't have the power to keep Europeans away. And you only need one person to come into contact with a sick European to bring the disease back home.
Nov 23, 2016 at 17:57 comment added Mołot @jamesqf why bad? If they would keep whites away, shoot them when they could and run in other times, and only expose small scouting partys, it could be less deadly.
Nov 23, 2016 at 17:52 comment added jamesqf The illness thing is a bad example. The Amerindians had been isolated from "others" - humans and most domestic animals - for 10K years or so, and so their immune systems hadn't evolved to handle challenges. The Europeans had been exposed to "other" - Indian, Chinese, African, &c - since Roman times at least, and so their immune systems evolved to deal with diseases. Of course that evolution was by plagues killing off large parts of the population...
Nov 22, 2016 at 15:00 comment added Mołot "it'll be different with some people" will always be true, no matter what we think of.
Nov 22, 2016 at 14:58 comment added AndreiROM "aliens here, stealing our jobs" will still become a divisive subject, with some people wanting to embrace them as brothers, etc.
Nov 22, 2016 at 14:55 history answered Mołot CC BY-SA 3.0