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We recognize mass shootings are a tragedy, but keep overlooking the root issue, the actual cause. What is wrong, morally and terribly wrong is the USA being the primary proliferator of weapons and violence around the world, including here.

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We don’t only provide all of the weapons, but war and mayhem to perpetuate discord – for aims of racist, careless asshats bent on saving the status-quo at all costs.

Iran-Contra isn’t a conspiracy theory, it really happened.. it’s our ******* legacy! The largest humanitarian crisis in the world is happening right now in Yemen with the US exceedingly complicit in it’s development – http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34011187

Those that supposedly represent US citizens are doing the same domestically. Tearing families apart by sending minor drug offenders to prison under mandatory sentencing is just one example and we’re fine with it. While the businesses responsible for moving all of the money supporting the drug market are too big to be held accountable.

Opioid epidemic or years of terroristic suburban school violence, this is all just the chickens of US policy coming home to roost.

Children are starving, civilians are dying, cities are burning, and our schools are getting shot up because of our collective uncaring about the institutions that perpetuate horrible means to short-sighted, immoral ends. Only when it hits home we become conveniently divided by near-sighted solutions.

The US doesn’t export democracy. The US’s main and most effective exports are violence and intolerance. That will be the legacy humanity will remember for the US in the centuries ahead of us until we finally take a stand and do what is right.

We can change, I know we can. More people just need to study history, study the events, try to search out for the things we do today we may find as barbaric in the future, form well-rounded opinions, discuss disagreements civilly and spend some time caring for our world family.

Using security and the possibility of attacks from other countries is not an excuse for having this blood on our hands. So how many bad things need to happen from the consequences of our actions or inaction before we realize this?

“The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.” -Voltaire

70 years before the US Civil War, slaves initiated a rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 that had succeeded in ending not just slavery, but French control over one of the most profitable colonies at the time.

The Haitian revolution is considered the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the western hemisphere. It may be one of the most significant and interesting events in recent history that hardly any one knows about. Also I would argue that the colony would have been just as profitable and if not even more successful if slavery, racism and the tension intrinsic never existed. It in fact led to the loss of the colony from the original profiteers and a whoooole lot of bloodshed.

During the fighting many Americans were surprised to learn how affluent and prevalent black families were in the colony. So much so that they tried to prevent refugees from disembarking their boats while fleeing to the US. It was very common for white men to marry up into the affluent families by marrying black women. Once the men started shouting in French that they would not leave their wives, the bewildered Americans had to oblige.

It was the slaves of these and also white affluent families on the island that were organizing a revolution for their freedom.

This all coincided with the French Revolution, yet ironically, sadly, and typically enough, many did not believe the principals of the French Revolution and Declaration of the Rights of Man should apply to those of other races or women, even property holding individuals considered full citizens. As a sidenote, during part of the French Revolution due process of law for executions had been totally abandoned to stop anyone critical of the revolution for the “rights, liberty and freedoms of the individual” Please see: Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Heads will roll – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auzfTPp4moA

Some did agree and the fight for complete realization of these universal and “God” given rights continues to this day.

The Haitian revolution is another example of how time after time events prove that the idea of cultural, racial, gender, sexual or class division is a farce when it comes to the rights provided by states, nations or any governing institution. Only within reasonable regulation that works to correct any inequalities such as school integration, emancipation and destruction of apartheid policies (think South Africa, and also think mandatory prison sentencing, death penalty, repeal of daca) I want to note on daca repeal that I am not a fan of executive orders overriding congressional check and balance, but at any rate…it is here however it got here and should stay while it gets a congressional stamp to approve it if exec orders are “really” the issue.

The issue is that our institutions are extremely racist, sexist, intolerant, non-inclusive and sickeningly immoral. We just don’t see it yet, like our founding fathers didn’t see it when they failed to abolish slavery and provide the ability for all women and men to vote with the new constitution and bill of rights framed under the pretense of freedom and liberty for all.

It would do us a lot of good to contemplate what occurred during the French Revolution, and the Haitian Revolution to apply what is right not pre-emptively, but as it is required now!

tl;dr : History is neat. If we play our cards right we may not seem like such barbarians for what we don’t see as severe moral injustices, action or non-action, sooooo if you want to check some out –

http://www.revolutionspodcast.com/ (Mike Duncan – Little dry and heavy on narrative but crazy informative and well written.

http://www.thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/ (Mike Duncan again, through the entire history of Rome our spiritual Americans)

http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ (Dan Carlin is the man, crazy interesting even for non history geeks. Start with anything but WW1 bc it’s dense.

and my new favorite –

http://historyonfirepodcast.com/ (Daniele Bolleli, not as seasoned as Dan Carlin but really knows his stuff and topics are amazing. His episodes Conquest of Mexico and Caravaggio are sooo interesting.)

psbtw – i didn’t source or cite any of the above, but its good to check what people post so dont trust me – look that shit up!