entombed in the shrine of zeroes and ones

I'm working with the analogy. We've got Indians, who were done an injury in the past. The government "made them whole" by granting them casino licenses. But I think the implication is that the Indians were more than made whole by the grant. They are, according to the analogy, enriching themselves excessively -- I think the OP would go so far as to say "unjustly." That's far enough so that the moral suasion by which they got their licenses no longer sounds so persuasive; they have "used up" their moral credit. I don't think the moral credit gets used up, and that's where I think the OP gets into Godwin-esque territory. But I think I have remained true to the analogy.