My grandfather stormed the beaches of Normandy. I once asked him what kept them pushing uphill and into the meat grinder, what kept them fighting? His answer absolutely floored me.
“We wanted Hatians to sell fake Gucci at the train station.”
"The more homogenous our citizens can be made in these particulars [principles, opinions, and manners], the greater will be our prospect of permanent union."
-George Washington
What if the west isn't the villain they told you it was?
We’ve spent years accepting accusations about racism, intolerance, and slavery without challenging the bigger historical reality:
The societies most condemned today are also the ones that led the world in ending slavery, expanding rights, and building the most tolerant nations on earth.
That’s the conversation nobody wants to have.