I did think of this, that’s why inserted “didn’t trade much” here whereas I just say we didn’t trade with ants. I think that you can argue about the relative scales of trade vs theft between europeans and native americans. But the basic point still seems to stand to me that relatively to the amount of theft, the trade amount was very minor.
I did think of this, that’s why inserted “didn’t trade much” here whereas I just say we didn’t trade with ants. I think that you can argue about the relative scales of trade vs theft between europeans and native americans. But the basic point still seems to stand to me that relatively to the amount of theft, the trade amount was very minor.
‘Much’ is open to interpretation, I suppose. I think the post would be better served by a different example.