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No. Many times the oppressed simply cease to exist (by assimilation, assassination, or other means).

Neanderthals aren’t going to become oppressors.



For a more recent example of a group that was basically exterminated wholesale because they refused to fight back as a matter of principle:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moriori


Well yeah, I meant if they go on to survive and become significant enough to be considered oppressive...




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