This great nation was founded to free ourselves from the tyranny of the king of England. However the king considered the rebels/terrorists/ anarchists to be enemies of the throne. We burned out the homes of and hung loyalists to the crown. We waged war against his army. And when they finally decided the cost of the conflict was more than they were willing to pay as they simultaneously fought the French, they gave up the American colonies.
Then we went on to spread westward and as we did we decimated game herds, committed genocide of the native Americans using any means we could including intentionally infecting the with deadly diseases and poisoning. Then we used the same tactics we used in the revolutionary war to violently overthrow the Mexican government's control over much of what is now.the southwest US.
But the greed and cruelty didn't end there. We had rich men who enslaved men in order to have big production plantations, stole from and killed settlers to run railroads and used underpaid migrant workers to accomplish these things all the while the rich and powerful got more rich and powerful.
These are facts. While most of us just get up in the morning, go to work and want to live in peace the greed and violence continues both sanctioned and illegally.
Although I cannot for the life of me understand why who is to blame for what happened back then means diddly squat now I can see that those peoples whom were victimized might could be angry.
If your dad's new wife manipulated him out of your inheritance you'd be ******. If your ex wife took your kids away and they could never see you again they might be hurt and angry.
So since our nation was founded and built by all of these kind hearted, generous and people who were fair and equitable, gentle and giving in all that they did (yes sarcasm), why does it surprise anyone that the violence we see today and the lack of conscience by people in power is what it is?
That's what got us this far. Why would it change?
Gary
Then we went on to spread westward and as we did we decimated game herds, committed genocide of the native Americans using any means we could including intentionally infecting the with deadly diseases and poisoning. Then we used the same tactics we used in the revolutionary war to violently overthrow the Mexican government's control over much of what is now.the southwest US.
But the greed and cruelty didn't end there. We had rich men who enslaved men in order to have big production plantations, stole from and killed settlers to run railroads and used underpaid migrant workers to accomplish these things all the while the rich and powerful got more rich and powerful.
These are facts. While most of us just get up in the morning, go to work and want to live in peace the greed and violence continues both sanctioned and illegally.
Although I cannot for the life of me understand why who is to blame for what happened back then means diddly squat now I can see that those peoples whom were victimized might could be angry.
If your dad's new wife manipulated him out of your inheritance you'd be ******. If your ex wife took your kids away and they could never see you again they might be hurt and angry.
So since our nation was founded and built by all of these kind hearted, generous and people who were fair and equitable, gentle and giving in all that they did (yes sarcasm), why does it surprise anyone that the violence we see today and the lack of conscience by people in power is what it is?
That's what got us this far. Why would it change?
Gary
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