Political Memes

America used concentration camps to move natives off their land. What Germany did with the Jewish people during the Holocaust is EXACTLY what America did with its native population, albeit with less advanced technology. The only difference is Germany did their genocide after the invention of photography and radio.

People didn't move to America for the freedom to practice any religion, they moved here for the freedom to practice what they believe was _the correct religion. Early Americans puritians had no expectation of practicing whatever religion they wanted. They were called puritans because the King's reformed Christianity wasn't Christian enough.

The reality is that the things in this meme are propaganda. What America is doing now is more inline with its history than anything in this meme.

The worst part is, this isn't even the first society to do something like this. Caesar's Rome enacted genocide in Gual, and the British empire is often likened to "slow nazis" for all of the genocide they caused. There's the Armenian genocide, and the various genocides associated with the expansion and contraction of the USSR. Hell, the primary ethnic group targeted during the Holocaust are enacting genocide against Palestinians now. This brutality and authoritarianism is, like it or not, a part of humanity.

Until we are willing to confront that, the cycle will continue unabated. The good news is, we seem to be getting a little bit closer to ending the cycle after every iteration. At least, I hope so.

Also, I know I'm generalizing a bit, and not every civilization is as brutal as the next.

PBS just actually released a video about this topic.