Why Can't We Have OUR OWN Homeland?
Basing your nation on something other than culture and geography is a lost cause.
First off, may I say I respect those of you who are trying to form nations out of this mess we have been handed. Ultimately, though, trying to get people to act collectively who have been labeling themselves as white to get away from the blacks when they started as Polish, Italian, or German is a losing play. These people have given up a true heritage within living memory and adopted a consumerist culture. These people are not ready to be inculcated into a diasporic nation when half of them couldn’t get into a golf club with other whites today.
White as a label is an entirely New World phenomenon. It was mostly used as a way to differentiate between the settlers, black slaves, or the original inhabitants in southern or central America.
This has persisted because of our economic system. The invention of steam engines and later internal combustion allowed for economic progress on a level that had never been seen before. This, combined with the capitalistic ideas formed in the 15th century, has left all of us living not in a nation or homeland like we had as a species for millions of years, but in a state-sponsored strip mine.
The premise was that the colonial settlers came here and brought slaves and animals to sustain them. They were told to settle the land for king and country, and they could profit. There would be taxes paid, and food and resources would be shipped back. After the revolutions against the Spanish and British, resource extraction never stopped. After the World Wars, we continued to provide security to the homelands and the entire world.
Since we are speaking English on this post, we will stick to the United States. The original men who settled this land…