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EvilGoalie 21 said:
It did not have to go down the way it did. The argument for genocide (a systematic policy of eradication) is most forceful in the case of the western tribes. Maybe I read Dee Brown when I was still too impressionable. I tried to get my son interested in the Alvin Maker series but he goes his own way. Is globalism a logical extension of manifest destiny? That's an interesting question.
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Growing up in Vermont, we were all given the"official" story that Vermont had no native inhabitants in Colonial times because it was the dividing line between the Iriquois and Abenaki, and thus was just a battle and hunting ground. It has only been in the last few decades that the remaining descendants have been able to get state recognition; they are still working on Federal status to match the status they have over the line in Canada. My brother-in-law is part French-Canadian and part Abenaki. He has participated in protest hunts, in which Abenaki fish, hunt and gather food in the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge on the US-Canada border with the intent of getting arrested and having a day in court.
 
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Wez said:
We're almost there now...
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That's why they have pushed for less and less government, weaker government and more privatization over the years through the radio and TV (Fox News) and into the vulnerable ears of the gullible. Propaganda at it's finest!
 
Hüsker Dü said:
That's why they have pushed for less and less government, weaker government and more privatization over the years through the radio and TV (Fox News) and into the vulnerable ears of the gullible. Propaganda at it's finest!
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Have you seen this?

http://www.alternet.org/visions/tru...erica-phony-ideology-promote-corporate-agenda

The True History of Libertarianism in America: A Phony Ideology to Promote a Corporate Agenda
Before Milton Friedman was earning plaudits as an economic genius, he was a shill for the real estate industry and an early pioneer for big business propaganda known as libertarianism.

I haven't fact checked it, not sure if it's true, but it would be funny as hell if true. What a scam on dumb Americans!!
 
espola said:
On a small scale, the Pilgrims fell into a vacuum and survived (barely) the first Winter, after which the neighboring natives just saw them as just another competitor for space and natural resources, although a bit odd. Then they brought in all their friends and relatives.
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So that is where our immigration policy came from.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
That's why they have pushed for less and less government, weaker government and more privatization over the years through the radio and TV (Fox News) and into the vulnerable ears of the gullible. Propaganda at it's finest!
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2016 Ratings: Fox News Channel is Cable TV’s Most-Watched Network

It’s been a roller coaster year for Fox News. If you have been reading TVNewser at all this year, you know why. But all of the off-camera controversies never negatively impact viewership. In fact, celebrating its 20th year on cable, Fox News finished 2016 as the most-watched basic cable network in prime time and total day, a first for the network.
 
Wez said:
Have you seen this?

http://www.alternet.org/visions/tru...erica-phony-ideology-promote-corporate-agenda

The True History of Libertarianism in America: A Phony Ideology to Promote a Corporate Agenda
Before Milton Friedman was earning plaudits as an economic genius, he was a shill for the real estate industry and an early pioneer for big business propaganda known as libertarianism.

I haven't fact checked it, not sure if it's true, but it would be funny as hell if true. What a scam on dumb Americans!!
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We are a victim of our own success and eventual complacency.
 
Wez said:
Have you seen this?

http://www.alternet.org/visions/tru...erica-phony-ideology-promote-corporate-agenda

The True History of Libertarianism in America: A Phony Ideology to Promote a Corporate Agenda
Before Milton Friedman was earning plaudits as an economic genius, he was a shill for the real estate industry and an early pioneer for big business propaganda known as libertarianism.

I haven't fact checked it, not sure if it's true, but it would be funny as hell if true. What a scam on dumb Americans!!
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Nice website, no wonder you are so fucked in the head.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
Apparently lil' joes dancers wear midriffs, short-shorts and have mustaches.
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Gay Joe's fantasy dancers:

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Hüsker Dü said:
No, it's the new world order coming to fruition.
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Its interesting in that this seems to touch on something where we are not sure how to read each other. On the one hand I can read this as ridicule of a right wing conspiracy theory. On the other as a class based view on how globalism serves the interests of an American "elite" versus the "common man". Or both. Or neither. How are you thinking of it?
 
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