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God Bless the United States.
Banks use housing policies to redline neighborhoods and trap minorities in ghettos. Feds plant drugs and impose harsh policing strategies. Congress hires and ranks klansmen into law enforcement. Fathers are taken away from the household. Kids go from elementary to penitentiary…
Media divides our society in order for corporations to conquer economic markets. Our collective attention is diverted to fighting each other, democrats vs republicans; all while the lobbyists who own both parties are setting up abortion clinics and gun stores in the most vulnerable neighborhoods.
When we begin to ask questions, we are reassured that the enemy of the state is in fact communism, rather than the state itself. We acknowledge genocides only when they conflict with our personal interests.
From the foundations of slavery to our involvement in Middle East... Countless souls have been lost on all sides. All for the sake of what?? Spreading Democracy? Covering up our sins by falsely advertising equal opportunity.
We are repeatedly told that our freedoms should not be taken for granted: ability to discuss and critique the country we live in is the foundation for justice… Until political assassinations claim American innocence. CIA kills Presidents, FBI kills revolutionaries: JFK, MLK, Fred Hampton, Malcolm, Gaddafi, Sadam... a lengthy hit-list filled with domestic and foreign adversaries alike…
no one is safe.
Meanwhile, homelessness sweeps our front lines: Veterans, ex-convicts, mentally disabled, LGBT’s ... mothers, fathers, and kids alike. We never actually help those in need.
Pharmaceutical takeover of medical curriculum promotes capital interests: soldiers are given opium, minority neighborhoods are introduced to crack, misdiagnosed health conditions are “treated” with addictive pills.
A prison complex where corporate leaders use profit to support ruthless dictators in developing countries. Our taxes fund civil wars in foreign nations: conflicts which violate human rights. Men are sent to their death while innocent women and children are traumatically victimized.
MONEY IS MADE WHEN MOTHERS CRY. School shootings, inter-racial violence, drone bombing uninvolved villages… These are billion dollar industries.
All that, it’s just icing on the cake.
We all strive to be proud of our heritage. Blaming higher-powers for detrimental conditions won’t solve any problems; taking ownership of the life we’ve been blessed with is the first step towards redemption. The courage to continue weighs heavy…