Not the Country you Thought it Was

 

I think it never was the country you thought it was. I have gone through many decades of disillusionment about the U.S.A. This country was founded after robbing the land from the people living here. Then the early Americans began buying and importing Africans on a large scale. Voting was restricted to white male property owners. It was not until 1856 that "property owner" was removed from the requirements for voting.

 

When I were growing up, black people were 2nd class citizens. But there was plenty of prejudice against other groups also, Jews especially. Have you seen the movie "Giant"? It was partly about prejudice against Mexicans in Texas.

 

It got better for a long time, but in the past 30 years, the very wealthy have captured control of the country again. That's partly by bribing our congress, but a more serious thing is the long term deterioration in our free education system. The wealthy send their kids to private schools or have good local schools in their neighborhood. We would not have had Trump as president if most Americans had a good education.