AMERICAN HISTORY ________________________     From a bunch of  religious fanatics (not all of them) sailing to an unknown land because they felt 'persecuted' by others, we now have a land that wants to dominate all others for their own ends and to the exclusion of others who do not bow to their dominance and somewhat spurious ideals.     The so-called 'Pilgrim Fathers' had no compunction about ridding themselves of the native population of the land they were about to invade. No, they are not the only ones. They did it in Africa. They did it later upon a land known  now, as Australia. These people did it wherever and whenever they found somewhere that they thought was better than their own place of birth. It was/is, the 'Grass is always greener' syndrome. Bugger the previous inhabitants, we want it and we want it now. We are victims.     Having landed on new shores, these people immediately went on to: 1) devastate and obliterate the native/aboriginal peoples, where possible, 2) to claim their so-called right (or what they imagined to be their so-called right) to encroach upon these native/aboriginal peoples, 3) to convert those whom they wished to keep alive for their own benefit and then convert them (using bully or terrorist activities to contain them)  to some spurious god or gods that they 'believed' in. We are talking missionaries, the world's best terrorists. Whatever their notions, this is what they ended up doing.     Let us get a few things straight. I've been a migrant. I have some knowledge and forethought/hindsight about such things. I'm am, also a  thinker.     I've written about migrants before. There are a variety: People who are fed up with the life they have. (I didn't like the constant cold weather). People who feel they want to change their circumstances. (I needed a change). People who will always be dissatisfied, whereever they are. (I've met a lot of these). People who want to explore the planet. (There are other places to visit). People who are greedy when they know somewhere else has a potential they don't have. (I'm not greedy). People who are persecuted for whatever reason. (I was not persecuted). Any other reason you can think of. (I was young, there's a world out there).     People are fine as a group until they are 'led' by others or let themselves be led (no born leaders, only born followers). The 'leading' is the crux. Most people do not want to be led, they want to get on with their lives as best they can. The more 'leading' the more the leaders are in control and lead us to their own ends, usually negative, (for us, at least). Give these people control and they will happily take it. Whatever they say, it's not for your benefit.     People are fine as a group because, without controllers, they are self-regulating.. Given that self-regulation Man as an animal would be far better off. So would the World as created by them. There would probably be less killing than there is without this self-regulatory process. That's because self-regulation works by mutual agreement about rules. Whatever we think about rules, they work. Laws do not work and can never work because they are made by controllers and many people will not be controlled. They are at best airey-fairy notions that apply to control of others, not others' welfare. It's also because rules are local, whereas laws are global. Local works, global doesn't. You only have to look around you to see these truths.

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