The Real Borders of the United States-  Not the False Ones
Channel: Jason Zenith
Date: 14/01/2020

The history of U.S. borders has great relevance to the current bout of "white" xenophobia about darker-complexioned immigrants whom they wish to keep out in the name of "border security."


The U.S. is a nation which has had rapidly expanding borders; borders expanded by force and violence, including the genocidal near complete extermination of the native inhabitants, and wars, including the attack on Mexico launched by president Polk from 1846-48, which ended with the U.S. taking half of Mexico's national territory. Those regions, the southwest U.S. and Texas, are now dominated by "white" chauvinists who resent the presence of Mexicans and Central Americans. In 1898 the U.S. went to war with Spain to seize Spain's colonies in the Caribbean and Pacific. In subjugating the Philippines, the U.S. slaughtered large numbers of Filipinos in a "couterinsurgency" campaign. After the U.S. granted the Philippines independence in 1946, it continued to exert dominance through the installation of U.S.-backed dictators including Ferdinand Marcos. This is standard U.S. procedure in maintaining domination over the so-called Third World.


Abby Martin, host of the program "Empire Files," interviews historial Daniel Immerwahr about his book, "How to Hide an Empire."  The full interview, "United States' to Imperial America Our Hidden Empire," (July 28, 2019), is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df4R-xdKvpM&t=304s  It is very informative and required viewing for anyone who wishes to engage in the process of becoming unbrainwashed about U.S. history and the nature of the United States. [I find the video segments that reveal important truths about reality, saving you time. TO PERUSE MORE CURATED VIDEOS ON MY CHANNEL, GO TO https://www.youtube.com/user/jasonzenith/videos]

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