150 years ago, you could hunt and trap some animals for one winter, flip the hides for a couple pigs, and then use those 2 pigs to fund your higher education which was actually valuable - then go on to become US Senator.

What would you get for a winter of hunting and trapping today? You’d probably lose money if you used fuel or ammo and just break even with the protein.

What are you going to do with 2 pigs? Sell them to megaslopcorp who will give you fuckall for them?

When people say this is what they took from us - THIS is what they took from us. The ability to produce, use the proceeds to get educated, then use the education to go further.