foundations
in school, we were taught that our country was started by people looking for religious freedom. a chance to get away from an oppressive king. and a bunch of other assholes who were making their lives miserable. and to establish a place where every man had inalienable rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. yeah okay. that's a theory. it's bullshit. people came here because there was the opportunity to take stuff from other people who couldn't defend it.