The real spirit of the Fourth of July
Thom Hartmann tells the truth about Columbus’s conquest, rape and enslavement of the native people of Hispaniola, and setting a precedent for what other capitalist and imperialists.
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” - Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
Um, no, sorry “honest” Abe, but that’s a bald-faced lie. The…
Fourth
I forgot to wish everyone a happy 4th of July!
Today we celebrate the fact that a bunch of rich, aristocratic white guys didn’t want to pay their taxes, so they started a war that poor people fought for them and then turned around and taxed said poor people who could not vote because they did not own enough land and crushed them in two separate tax revolts similar to the one they started.
Of course, the same thing happened in 4th of February 1861 the same thing happened but those men are remembered as rebels and traitors.
Go fig.
Fly on hypocrisy flag!
