Greed and Destruction

Our latest reading assignment was a difficult one to read. The fall of the Native American to the United States Government is a horrible story of betrayal and selfishness that shows some of the ugliest parts of human nature. It is a story that causes me to fall into a depressive funk for a few hours, and then it makes me angry.

My anger is a mixture. I am angry that our government could do such a thing. I am angry that our government still does very little to help these people out. I am angry that I am held accountable to things that my family was not even in the country for. I am angry that the human race is capable of this type of behavior. I am angry that men can claim to have honor and integrity and then shit all over a people just because they are greedy.

It is difficult for me to fully understand the mindset of the time period because I was raised to believe that we are all people and I need to treat everyone with a base line of respect. I guess I am an odd sort of person because I was raised to worship selfless heroes like King Arthur and his knights. I have always held myself to that standard. That is why I joined the Army after 9/11. That is why I was often on a superior’s crap list while in the Army. That is why I struggle to understand our world and the people who are in it.

The people of this nation have a real problem with admitting fault. Our sense of self importance causes us to push other people down in a way that should be beneath us. We are better than this… we should act it.