The point i was making is that there is no innocence in a settler colonial project. Like in the image above, the settlers aren’t innocent just because they aren’t wearing a uniform. Settlers encroachment leads to deaths of “civilian” indigenous peoples too. And of course, the settlements could only exist because “civilian” indigenous people were killed and driven off to make way for them.

I get what you’re saying about real democracy for the people not existing under capitalism, and that capitalism is the root cause of all this. No arguement there. And to be fair i understand the sentiment of not wanting people to get killed. I don’t want people to get killed either.

The way i see it though when it comes to de-colonialization efforts is that indigenous peoples “didn’t choose armed struggle as the best path. Its the path oppressors imposed on people.” - Fidel Castro