America the evil. Interesting facts about our country.

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America the evil. Interesting facts about our country.

#3039552 - 08/23/04 02:41 PM (22 years, 1 month ago)

(this is a repost from off-topic, it was a mistake to post this there)This may be a really long post. I hope I dont get too crazy, but Ive been doing some research into American history, and for the first time I saw, as a whole, how evil this country is.

1492 Columbus Sails the Ocean Blue- In his journal which is on the internet, Columbus described the Indians with what seemed like admiring awe: "They are the best people in the world and above all the gentlest-without knowledge of what is evil-nor do they murder or steal.....they love their neighbors as themselves and they have the sweetest talk in the world...always laughing."

Then he goes on to say, "They would make fine servants."
Well unfortunatly thats exactly what happened. Lets look at 50 years later in the eyes of Bartoleme de Las Casas in 1542.

Upon meeting the Natives he had this to say: "And of all the infinite universe of humanity, these people are the most guileless, the most devoid of wickedness and duplicity, the most obedient and faithful to their native masters and to the Spanish Christians whom they serve. They are by nature the most humble, patient, and peaceable, holding no grudges, free from embroilments, neither excitable nor quarrelsome. These people are the most devoid of rancors, hatreds, or desire for vengeance of any people in the world."
and
"Some of the secular Spaniards who have been here for many years say that the goodness of the Indians is undeniable and that if this gifted people could be brought to know the one true God they would be the most fortunate people in the world." WOW. Um....
In the end though "More than thirty other islands in the vicinity of San Juan are for the most part and for the same reason depopulated, and the land laid waste. On these islands I estimate there are 2,100 leagues of land that have been ruined and depopulated, empty of people."
"We can estimate very surely and truthfully that in the forty years that have passed, with the infernal actions of the Christians, there have been unjustly slain more than twelve million men, women, and children. In truth, I believe without trying to deceive myself that the number of the slain is more like fifteen million"

AND LASTLY BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY AS ITS THE THEME OF MY POST.

"Their reason for killing and destroying such an infinite number of souls is that the Christians have an ultimate aim, which is to acquire gold, and to swell themselves with riches in a very brief time and thus rise to a high estate disproportionate to their merits."

Lets fast forward to 1791 with the signing of the Bill of Rights. To most of us this bill means our personal rights. Well not so fast! Now everyone knows, the "founding fathers" had slaves. But maybe you didnt know that for a time, the african slaves outnumbered the colonists. And not to mention the fact that a mere 7 years later the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 were passed. The Sedition acts made criticizing the President, and Government(in any way shape or form, whether in print or utterd) illegal. Wait, didnt the 1st ammendment grant us freedom of speech? Well yes, but it was originally intended for the Federalist, and Anti-Federalist parties to have a stage to voice their opinions, NOT for our individual rights.

Moving along, Americans for centuries use African Slaves to work the fields for free, thus increasing their wealth astronomically. After the civil war ended and it was harder to own slaves, whats next? Child labor. You know, Industrialism, where 6 year old girls worked 16 hours a day 7 days a week. Yea good ol' industrialism.

So moving to modern times, where stealing a country is illegal, owning slaves is illegal, and working too much is illegal, we move to the next chapter in American Capitalism, OUTSOURCING. Where big companies like Nike can pay 50 cents a day for shoe making, that in the states would cost them at least $80 a day. Oh and Im not going to get into the cheap oil we import, which is one of the main reasons for Americas continued dominance.

So there you have it, America the beautiful. Now when do you think were actually going to get down and do some of our own work?

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