Ryan Edgar

Born and raised in Montana, Ryan moved to Germany shortly after high school. He is currently studying Holocaust Communication and Tolerance at Touro College Berlin.

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From the Homestead Act to YouTube: Settler Colonial Continuities of the Homesteading Movement

“The homesteader fantasy of living outside of the capitalist system is in fact impossible; it rests on the benefits of Indigenous land dispossession, racist implementation of land policies, and ongoing state subsidies to homesteaders. This contradiction makes it a movement that depends on capitalism without challenging or even acknowledging its existence.”