To the window, to the wall . . .

 

In my fantasy debate against Ben Shapiro (or fill in the blank with any prominent Republican) about the wall, Mexicans, the Southern border, etc.  I state:

 

1.    The indigenous people of the Americas lived on this continent, thrived on this continent, from Alaska to (whatever country is at the tip of South America), and there were no borders, there were no countries, there were no governments.  Mexicans are not immigrants to this land, white people are.  It was the white man who came here and decided that this land could be purchased, owned, taxed, and divided, not God,

 

The white man murdered the indigenous people of this land, they murdered them in numbers far greater than Hitler killed the Jews.  The white man STOLE land from the indigenous inhabitants of this land, the land where they existed for hundreds of thousands of years.  The Spanish and the English, it was they who drew lines on the map and decided what land was theirs, what language was to be spoken, who had a right to reap the benefits of citizenship that they decided. 

 

Again, they were not guided by the hand of God, they had no right, no dominion, no authority to do so.  It was nothing but their ego and their greed that made them decide that they could displace the Native inhabitants of this land, the people who cared for, protected, and loved this land as their home for hundreds of thousands of years (Yes, I know your history says that humans haven't been on this planet for that long but that's a lie.)  The people who are referred to as Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Costa Ricans, El Salvadorians . . . they are all the same bloodline, the same genetic makeup as the American Indians and Eskimos, who have more of a right to this land than the white men ever did. 

 

2.    Mexicans deserve a right to feed their families.  Mexicans have a right to pursue happiness.  It's an inalienable right.  It is not Spanish speaking migrant workers who are ruining your life, it's the greedy corporations that are paying NOTHING in taxes, paying next to nothing for labor, and that are overcharging American consumers that are ruining your life, not the individuals who are modern day slaves.  These people are slaving, working in fields picking food for your table, they are building your homes with no insurance, no benefits.  They aren't the owners of the corporations, they aren't the shareholders of these corporations. 

 

If you want to be angry at someone, be angry at the corporate greed that deems it perfectly acceptable to pay CEOs millions of dollars, millions and millions and millions of dollars a year, CEO's who do NO work whatsoever.  They don't do any hard labor, they don't even do any soft labor.  They sit in offices a few hours a week.  They go to a meeting every once in a while, and the rest of their time is spent living a life of gluttony and excess and waste.  If you want to direct your anger at someone, put your energy into the corporations that could be paying a decent salary to American born citizens but they choose not to.  They choose to hire the indigenous people of this land, they choose to politicize them, make them the enemy against racists and people too blinded by patriotism to see that the real villains are not the families trying to stay together or the people trying to survive, but the people who know that Mexicans have more of a right to be here than they do.  And trust me, they know the truth.  They just have a vested interest in feeding racist fires to keep white people in this country angered and outraged at the wrong party.