Every social order beneath the surface rests on prior invasion

Evidence

No matter where we look, we find only either war itself (beneath the French, we find the Frankish invasion; beneath the Gallo-Romans, we find the Roman invasion) or the inequalities that result from wars and violence. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 4570

Categorization

• XREF: The stratigraphic metaphor of buried invasions connects to later genealogy-of-nation readings about layered conquests. — connects to: Every place is inspirited and already home to others before humans arrive — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 124