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Hawaii

rampartc

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1. by that time in the sandwich islands

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 06:52 AM

Jul 2021

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?"

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