This country was always capitalists
or at least headed that direction
there’s no heart in capitalism
only capital
but how do I know this country has always been captitalistic?
Well my ancestors were property
sold, traded, herded and bred
and the only way my people can trace their history
is because it was recorded
as property, cargo, on the ships manifest
even the ones that jumped over
choosing the watery abyss over the cruelties of their capturers
the humbling and antagonist part of it is
that my lineage is literally held in tact
as a former piece of property
and that in itself is history
not a proud one
so no matter what, somebody was on a ship-
that beat, raped, mutilated and cannibalised it’s occupants-
listed,
yea everyone sold slaves
but everyone didn’t do to slaves
like what was done to them in the Americas
America had redefined slavery
and in these modern times
it continues to do so
there’s no real love in capitalism
just a beating organ
which is vacant any depth
besides bottom lines
but rites of passage and property is a right written for capital
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