all of modern western hegemonic thinking rests on this, michael's assertion here

and i think he is wrong

i think this is a retconned mythos that says white people began in greece and then landed in england in hobbit world reluctant to leave home but called by a wizard and dwarves and adventure and then a lord of the rings industrial age world and then teleported to an empty north american continent where there is a funny story about indians and it's all just a lie, the indians, this place was empty and white people brought computers and roads and cars.