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As they diverted water away from kalo farmers and family farmers, they built subdivisions for new residents moving into Maui. They build hotels, and then they say, “We can’t give you water back because this community relies on it,” so they pit you against them — and “we can’t give you water back because this hotel and therefore all the workers and the union that represents those workers would’’t appreciate that.”
✏️ Back then, as they diverted water for their own gains, and as they built new accommodations and hotels, they then tell the original landowners (the native Hawaiians), “Sorry, we can’t give you back your water. That would hurt these new residents and workers and community.”
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They pit locals against each other.
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