How the US Stole Hawaii

[TexasTowelie]

Please pardon the advertisement at the end of the video.

Beyond providing a historical perspective of how the sugar barons overthrew the monarchy in Hawaii with U.S. assistance, I saw actions that are similar to what we recently experienced in the insurrection.

The video also brings forth that the introduction of capitalism and a market economy had positive and negative impacts.

[rampartc]

1. by that time in the sandwich islands

american capitalists had been "filibustering" (the original definition) throughout the caribbean and latin america.

here is a true tale of "american exceptionalism."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster)

in hawaii the missionaries added a uniquely puritan twist to colonialism. ever wonder why they call joyless nonspontaneous mechanical sex the "missionary position?"

[underpants]

2. 👀

Watching later thanks

[niyad]

3. KNR and bookmarking

[LT Barclay]

4. A book that includes this along with our nation's other twisted

Actions in the Pacific region is"The Imperial Cruise"by James Bradley

[FBaggins]

5. "Technically locals because they were born there"

One wonders how we would view a similar statement in reference to 3rd and 4th generation children of immigrants in this country.