[Spoken]
So here's something funny about the signing of the U.S. Constitution
There were 55 people who signed it
They were all rich, white men
15 of them owned other people, who were forced to do work for them in order to survive
Called slaves
All 55 of these white men owned land
If you were not a wealthy white man who owned people or land, you were definitely not invited to decide what this new country was going to be about
When people defend the U.S.A. I think of Stockholm syndrome and people in bad relationships that have always been bad relationships
It's not like the idea started out good and just lost the plot or got fucked up along the way
Unless you are a rich, land-owning, cis-gendered, heterosexual, white, man, man, man through and through, things have always been bad for you here
Things were bad for your people who came here before you did
This place was born on a selfish lie
There's nothing to salvage, no great ideals that just got a little skewed
Do you know how much of the population was not represented at the initial signing of the Constitution? 87 percent
87 percent were not land-owning rich white men
No one should really have to spend much time outlining the ways in which this country, and the whole basis for this country, is totally false
It should be plain as day to most of us
But it is unfortunately a truth very much obscured by omittances in public education, popular cultural references, and deceptive ideas of common sense
So for a lot of people, the idea that the U.S.A. is bullshit is crazy talk
And I don't really know how to go about relating to these people
I am a big believer in to each their own, but the idea that this country is really wonderful and that we should be grateful is wrong, totally wrong
This is some "he hit me and it felt like a kiss" logic
Time to end these views
Time to recognize that while we are blessed to be alive, we could actually be really much better without this horrible nonsense
But, Rome wasn't built in a day
This is a step-by-step process and the first step is knowing, understanding, that this country was not made for you
And it is built on lies and murder