> > Also, can you name one case where the state
> >actually (as opposed to rhetorically) opposed a case of "free enterprise
> >genocide" _while_ it was happening?
>
> I gather the British government did make some effort to moderate the
colonial squatters in New South
> Wales. That's why they were called "squatters", because they occupied vast
areas of Aboriginal land
> without authority.
The initial colonisation of New Zealand --- by people from New South Wales --- also occurred without any permission from London and is a better example of what you are talking about. However, from January 26 1788 onwards, officials in Whitehall were virtually powerless over people on the far side of the world, including officials in Sydney and other colonial centres, who could have stopped any informal spread of settlement, had they had any real interest in doing that. As soon as Whitehall realised it was dealing with fait accompli, it hastily recognised informal settlements and made a show of being in control. Before long, when the "squattocracy" had become the ruling class in NSW, it took steps to stop other people from following its example.