Many Americans think that Hawaiians lived in huts prior to colonization. The US didn't liberate, but in fact de-industrialized Hawai'i. Before 1898, Hawai'i already had mass transit, railroads. The city of Honolulu was lit by nationalized, renewable hydropower before the White House had electricity. #July4#IndependenceDay
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@silverspookgames And the US turned it into a colony, just like Puerto Rico, extracting resources and making it more dependent on the mainland.
Except that Puerto Rico never became a state.
In 20/20 hindsight, maybe good, maybe bad. I’ll let the residents decide.
Except that Puerto Rico never became a state.
In 20/20 hindsight, maybe good, maybe bad. I’ll let the residents decide.
Hawaii also had a higher literacy rate than the US, and Europe before colonization, the banning of our culture and language, erasure of our history, and ghettoization. Hawai'ians were also often bi- or trilingual, and world-renowned diplomats. https://cechambers.com/hawaii-highest-literacy-rate-in-the-world/
Kalakaua, one of our leaders, had invented a sub-aquatic vehicle when Jules Verne was dreaming up 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. He was also the first head of a country to circumnavigate the globe.
The sovereign country of Hawaii had Black citizens before the US Civil War. In fact, US slaves that stepped onto Hawaiian soil were considered free. Asians were full citizens in Hawaii as US chained them up to build railroads & West Coast, under threat of mass-lynchings.
Help us Native Hawaiians not become homeless again, keep doing more education and resisting colonial oppression. www.patreon.com/c/neofeud
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@silverspookgames I love Hawaii like I have never loved a land mass. It has called me back ever since my first visit, but I won’t return until it is Hawaiian land again, and I’m invited by a native. What was done to Hawaiian in order to serve capitalism is unforgivable.
A thread on my game Neofeud about my life as an impoverished Hawaiian, social worker and STEM teacher for other poor/homeless, living in slums beneath billionaire mansions. My experiences refracted through the lens of satirical cyberpunk. https://wandering.shop/@silverspookgames/113092063894254681
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