Here's my argument. There is really One sentient being on Pandora, and that is Aywa. Everything on the moon is a result of Her work.
Everything, everyone, is connected to her brain. A component of it. Dr. Grace pointed out the connections among the roots of the trees as analogs to the brain. The Na'vi exploit it to control their fellow predators (all hail Turok!)
Did RDA (the East India Company as I've seen argued here) exploit a blind spot? Feasible.
Disease was what brought down the indigenous on the American continents, not superior technology. On this wonderful, imaginary world, it was the other way around. The West thought they could do what they always did, and got bit, hard.
I greatly look forward to an underseas sequel, something Cameron has done very well.


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