In the Beginning, Columbus discovered America.
There were Indians there. They had come over from India to throw a surprise party for Columbus on his arrival in the United States. Columbus, however , was engaged. He had been engaged by Spain in furtherance of the free market, which at that time, was in the hands of Big GovaMint, unlike today when we have the opposite. More or less. At that time, the free market was controlled by the government, instead of the other way around.
Europeans discovered Americans instead of the other way around because they had ships. With these ships they soon controlled the whole world, having discovered, named and claimed it, not necessarily in that order.
A number of temporary settlements were set up and taken down, and finally a permanent one was set down at Jamestown. From this eventually came the 13 colonies.
LIBERATION
The North American colonies were conceived in liberty: they liberated the New Continent from the previous tenants, who underutilized it, and liberated the slaves from the Dark Continent, which was overpopulated.
Things went along fine for a century and a half, until the Crown decided to lay some taxes on the colonists and to have some soldiers quarter their homes for them. By this time the colonists had built up the business and had begun to think of themselves almost as junior partners in the firm. Also, they had become proxies of the French, who were exporting revolution and shooting their way around instead of participating in the democratic process. The Monroe Doctrine hadn’t been invented yet, so there wasn’t much the British could say about the French. They said it anyway.
The “Americans,” as they began to call themselves, decided to have a revolution. Actually only a third of the colonists really supported the revolution, and a lot of people who supported Britain got repressed later or fled to Canada. But that was ok because they were standing in the way of democracy—that is, us.
The American revolution was a great inspiration to people all over the hemisphere, who took up its precepts and fought to kick out Spain. That wasn’t really exporting revolution though, since it helped to unite people against an Evil Empire.
LAND REFARM
After the revolution some land was taken away from the Tories and given to people who needed it for farming. This has often been cited as a precedent for “land reform” projects by subsequent “revolutions.” However, in our case the displaced Tories were told that they could go out West and get some more land if they wanted, which is not an option in smaller countries that lack a West.
Also, there has been social progress since that time: much of the world, and most of the Western Hemisphere, is now part of the Free World, and landowners have been some of the most steadfast supporters of the Free World against its natural enemies, the Free Landers. So the seizure of land from its Owners has become an act against democracy. And as leaders of the Free World we are requi