There’s a trend line here that
needs ’splaining.
Take the building of the Erie Canal. This book, “Heaven’s Ditch: God, Gold and
Murder on the Erie Canal,” by Jack Kelly, goes to some length to show how
corrupt politics are inextricably linked to boomtown economic gain. The American
way, baby. Woof, the Masons history, the disappearance and presumed murder of
William Morgan, author, of “Masonic Secrets Reveal,” will curl your hair.
Then there’s the silver and gold
mining of the American West. How personal greed drives all machine inventions,
ruins land in 24-hour, 7-day extraction mania, devastates ancient communities.
Unleash the entrepreneur, Mr.
President, and you will guarantee your election, oh, and your re-election.
America, after all, is the land of opportunity. So get digging, fella.
How’s about the massacre at
Wounded Knee in 1890 … One President Benjamin Harrison sent in the army at a
time when there was no perceived threat of a native uprising but “Republican
control of the US Senate hung by a thread. A South Dakota seat was being
contested in an upcoming election and its loss might tip the balance against
the president’s agenda in Congress. Sending in the army would be popular with
settlers because large numbers of soldiers meant profits for local merchants
and military contractors. ” (From, “God’s Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and
the Making of Modern America,” by Louis S. Warren)
And the Dow marches ever higher
in 2017, Amazon, Tesla, Facebook … CNBC is running a feature called “Made in
America: The Manufacturing Revival” …
These are the stories, the
presidential legacies, the dominant political-business-social trends that have
shaped Warren’s Modern America … Chasing boomtowns is the American dream.
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