Hawaiian Sovereignty (4 of 5)

Freedom of trade was stopped. The Big 5 controlled all commerce. Congress took over foreign relations.

Every aspect of Hawaii was Americanized. Military show of strength was constant. Education and media was regulated. The secret ballot was a farce.

Finally, after three generations of brainwashing, we were told we had the chance to be equal Americans! The U.S. placed the following question to the "qualified" voters (Americans who were residents of Hawaii for at .least one year): Shall Hawaii immediately be admitted into the Union as a State? A "yes" meant Statehood. A "no" meant continuing Territorial government.

The question, "Should the United States recognize Hawaii's right to determine its own destiny?" was never put to the Hawaiian citizens.

The Americans decided Hawaii should be a State.

Now Hawaii was opened in a free-for-all, "grab whatever you can get" attitude. New economic interests poured into Hawaii to play the American financial game. Land became the toy. Selling, trading, leasing, mortgaging and subdividing became the craze. Construction industries changed much of Hawaii from a lush green to a cancerous white concrete jungle lashed together by roadways of concrete and asphalt.

But saddest of all was the continuing recycling of our people, a process so complete that I too had volunteered to serve in that very military that occupied Hawaii. I only recently had discovered the facts of Hawaii's predicament.

I then considered what alternatives America's system offered to break this American suffocation of our liberties. I considered the possibilities of new social, economic or educational programs which the U.S. Congress might approve. But even if such programs were legislated, already we had many of those programs which were really used as a vehicle for greater propaganda and recycling of our people.

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