Learning from the American
Holocaust
When we mention “holocaust” we immediately think about
Germany and World War Two. However there was another more severe and widespread
holocaust that we are just starting to hear about.
Why does the German Holocaust get
so much attention? Because Germany lost the war. Had they won we would be
praising Hitler and the Nazi regime for their great effort of advancing the
human species. Hitler’s idea was to speed up evolution by eliminating inferior
races. Fortunately the rest of the world did not agree to his methods or even
to the idea of an inferior race. The world war put a stop to ethnic cleansing.
If we now talk about the American
holocaust it makes many people very uncomfortable. The terror of this holocaust
lasted for more than 400 years. It is the ultimate story of bullying. A warring
people invaded a relatively peaceful land and destroyed many ethnicities that
had not advanced war strategies or weapons enough to defend themselves. The Americas
at that time was the home of many nations. Although there was some conflict
among them as they jostled for territory, they had no need to develop weapons
past the point of bows, arrows and spears. These were mostly used to hunt for
food but could be used for self defence when needed. The conquerors regarded
these peaceful ones as savages when they put up a fight of self preservation
and used that as an excuse to use their gunpowder and rifles to destroy defenceless nations.
With complete victory over the
rightful citizens, the Europeans began to fight among themselves. Now they were
fighting on equal terms and sought an advantage. The original inhabitants of
the land had a better knowledge of the territory and also used strategies
unfamiliar to the Europeans. They had proved themselves in bravery and methods
by the amount of resistance they gave the intruders using their simple weapons.
The conquerors now used empty promises and outright lies to convince
unsuspecting nations to join them in their effort to defeat competing European nations
so they could lay solitary claim to this stolen land.
Meanwhile, the work of imposing
European culture on a foreign land required much labour. An attempt was made to
enslave the local people, but there were still friends and family that would
help them to escape, so they turned to other nations to enslave and bring to
America. The American nations had faced death to a point near extinction, but
the African slaves had to endure a living hell. Murder was again used as a
tool, but not to bring the race to extinction. Hellish ordeals were devised to
force them into submission. A man would be selected and his four limbs would be
bound to four horses. The horses would then be sent in different directions,
tearing the body apart. This was done in front of other stolen bodies to show
them what would happen if they did not do as their masters directed. Hard
labour with insufficient food and rest took a toll of many lives, but not
satisfied with that alone, these nations were subject to torture, rape and
murder with no recourse. The law was on the side of the masters and any
resistance was written into the law as a crime. They were regarded as
possessions with no rights of their own and completely at the mercy of those
who possessed them.
This holocaust we are not to talk
about, because the decedents of the perpetrators are still living and in power.
We do not want to embarrass the many European nations that played a part of
this beastly terror. And what of the new nations of the Americas that were
formed by these European renegades? They have become some of the most powerful
in the world. How can we now tell them that the butchery and terrorism that
they engaged in to earn their position was wrong? If they must correct for the
wrongdoing of their ancestors, they may have to admit that exploitation in all
forms is wrong, and if the rich cannot exploit the poor, the whole social
system would be upset.
The eight richest people have as
much wealth as half of the world’s poorest people. Thus, if we could find some
equitable way to alleviate these eight people of this great burden by using
half of what they own, almost four billion of the world’s poorest citizens
could have twice as much. This is oversimplified and you know these rich ones
are not going to hand over half or their riches without just cause. What we
need is a new system that is not based on materialism, greed and exploitation.
We must find new ways to evaluate ourselves without the need to put a monitory
value on our net worth.
It was due to this view of our
current situation that I wrote the fictional history, “THE ALTERNATIVE”. I
regarded slavery as an extreme form of exploitation and showed how this system
was not only hurting the slaves, but it was holding back the whole society. I
didn’t base this on my own speculation, but studied the lives and writings of
some of the wisest men and women of that time era. By suggesting an alternative
to written history I was hopeful that errors in our current system could be
corrected.
During slavery, much of the worlds
brain power was kept in ignorance slowing down the rate of useful inventions.
If the American elite had not engaged in this evil practice, technology could
have developed sooner and better.
Today we see another form of
exploitation were the rich try to maintain their wealth by keeping others poor.
Since it is more difficult for a poor person to engage in higher education, the
social elite widen the gap between themselves and the common workingman.
Although the poor are given handouts to keep them alive, they are not given much
opportunity for advancement.
Natural laws have a way of finding
an equilibrium. Although man has a way of manipulating nature, humanity is not
exempt from natural law. The system of the materialist puts power in money, but
money is already losing its power. One hundred years ago two cents would buy a
loaf of bread. Fifty years ago twenty cents had the same power. Now we need to
search to find bread at $2.50 a loaf. The penny of one hundred years ago held
more power than the dollar of today, but that is not the end, it is just a
warning.
People are survivors and, if they
cannot get by in one system, they will find another way to survive. When the
freed slaves were struggling in an economic system that wanted to exclude them,
they formed cooperatives and helped each other get by and succeed. In the same
way, if those who control the money lock out those in poverty, they will
develop a new way to survive and find new ways to measure success. Money has
already taken a big hit and it will not take much more to render it of no
value. Even when the gold standard was in effect, the gold only had such value
as people assigned to it. Now, being replaced with paper, plastic and
electronic bank legers, the value of money is at the whim of those who use it.
If one segment of society has too much while another does not have enough, it
will not take much for it to mean absolutely nothing. Suddenly the playing
field will be given a new set of rules and those who produce what can be eaten
will have the power. Money was only used as a standard of exchange to purchase
our needs. If it no longer does that it will become useless and people will put
value on things that are more tangible.
