Yeah, the very phrase Make America Great AGAIN is a paradox. When was America ever great? During the Colonial and Antebellum eras, when we built a nation on the backs of slaves? Or during those same eras, when we systematically committed genocide against the Native Americans? Or the end of the 19th/beginning of the 20th century, when unpunished lynching wasn’t just tolerated, it was actually considered an enjoyable community event? Or the post-war era, where women basically found themselves as the new replacement for house slaves, unable to make financial decisions for their own lives? Or the rest of the 20th century when corporations and Sociopathic Oligarchs embarked on a strategy to strip away ALL the wealth from the middle class?
Even as a kid, learning about slavery and Indians, I was wondering why America is considered such a wonderful country.
Yeah, the very phrase Make America Great AGAIN is a paradox. When was America ever great? During the Colonial and Antebellum eras, when we built a nation on the backs of slaves? Or during those same eras, when we systematically committed genocide against the Native Americans? Or the end of the 19th/beginning of the 20th century, when unpunished lynching wasn’t just tolerated, it was actually considered an enjoyable community event? Or the post-war era, where women basically found themselves as the new replacement for house slaves, unable to make financial decisions for their own lives? Or the rest of the 20th century when corporations and Sociopathic Oligarchs embarked on a strategy to strip away ALL the wealth from the middle class?
Even as a kid, learning about slavery and Indians, I was wondering why America is considered such a wonderful country.