Colonial land appropriation was framed as consent with violence as alternative

Evidence

Of all these nations God our Lord gave charge to one man, called St. Peter, that he should be Lord and Superior of all the men in the world, that all should obey him, and that he should be the head of the whole Human Race, wherever men should live, and under whatever law, sect, or belief they should be; and He gave him the world for his kingdom and jurisdiction. … But, if you do not do this, and maliciously make delay in it, I certify to you that, with the help of God, we shall powerfully enter into your country, and shall make war against you in all ways and manners that we can, and shall subject you to the yoke and obedience of the Church and of their Highnesses; we shall take you and your wives and your children, and shall make slaves of them, and as such shall sell and dispose of them as their Highnesses may command; and we shall take away your goods, and shall do you all the mischief and damage that we can. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 300

Categorization

• SEED: The Requerimiento’s two-part structure — abstract divine title then explicit threat — is a perfect formal model for how Terms of Service documents work; possible essay comparing the rhetorical genre.
• XREF: Directly parallels the clickwrap/ToS moment in data relations — assent offered under threat of refused access, a parallel the data-colonialism school makes central. — connects to: Cross-cultural misunderstandings over property norms escalated to lethal colonial violence; Colonial property law retroactively legalized forced seizures of waqf land — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 235; Colonial violence stood inside the law, not outside it — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 411 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Colonial violence stood inside the law, not outside it #expands (0.88) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 411
• Colonial property law retroactively legalized forced seizures of waqf land #exemplifies (0.85) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 235
• Cross-cultural misunderstandings over property norms escalated to lethal colonial violence #corroborates (0.82)
• Colonial subjects were framed as only understanding force, justifying legal violence #expands (0.80)