#Destiny USA

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yeah, i go to shows / noel miller edition

funnybone—syracuse, ny

october 1, 2022 // 4:35 \ 5:48 \ 6:04 PM

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Destiny USA | The Reviews Writing

At Destiny USA, experience a shopper's haven with over 250 stores, dining options, and entertainment galore. Located in Syracuse, NY, it's one of the largest shopping centers in the nation. From high-end brands to family-friendly activities like the WonderWorks indoor amusement park, Destiny USA promises something for everyone.

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These are the snacks I bought when I went to the JawnsOver both at Destiny USA and Sangertown Square. I also bought a drink but Tumblr won’t let me use any more pictures.

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Destiny's Child – The Writing's On The Wall

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Wise words from Nas

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Destiny and Harrison in Love Island USA ep 5x09. 🤗 😘

(also a cute moment with them and Kay Lay & Keenan after both couples were voted safe . 🫶🏼)

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Star Spangled History Lessons, Pt. 3

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No.

He’s banging his fist on the tablet and yelling about “virgin soil” and something about making the desert “bloom” again.

Yeah.

Yeah he’s been at this for two hours now.

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The United States was never a Christian nation. If it were, it wouldn't have slaughtered the Natives or stolen their land. As it stands, instead of focusing so much on LGBTQ+ people, pastors and ministers should instead be crying out to God to forgive this country for all of the terrible things this country has done to the Natives, to the Africans, and to so many other people around the world.

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And now that you've answered that, why not sit back and enjoy a brief history of the American Revolution:

First, the Seven Years War happens. It's mostly thought of as having been fought in Europe, but a campaign (not that kind) is also fought in North America. It is called "The French and Indian War" by the locals.

Britain wins the war against France, and subsequently gets the rights to all land east of the Mississippi river.

Colonialists start moving onto native land, probably with a lot of aggression and arrogance. This is ok so far as Britain is concerned, because they assume that the colonialists can play nice with the natives.

That is not the case. As such, the natives push back against them. 500+ colonialists die during this conflict.

Britain realizes that the colonialists CAN'T play nice and forbids them from going west of Appalachian mountains. Troops are sent to enforce this. Taxes are raised to support the troops, levied mostly on the colonies because they're the reason this mess exists at all.

Wealthy Land / Business Owners get frustrated by Britain imposing its will on the colonies and disallowing them from spreading West. Sure, taxes are bad, but it probably wasn't the little folks paying the lion's share of them, except insofar as the fees associated with them are concerned, but you pay sales taxes, so you know that heavy toll already.

Unhappy working class colonialists don't like paying those extra fees, like any USAmerican doesn't like, but this dislike is further stoked into unhappiness via propaganda until war is inevitable.

France, convinced by wealthy colonialists, backs to revolution as a "fuck you" to Britain ("We can't have land in the Americas? Fine. You don't get your precious colonies, either")

America is born! If you're a wealthy white man you're free to do whatever! Otherwise you can fuck off.

Imperialist conquest of the continent begins in earnest ("but really it's just our Manifest Destiny to control the whole continent so it's alright").

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Ultimately, if they don't benefit the wealthy, any establishment of rights in USAmerica regarding a disenfranchised group only happens after massive civil disruption.

Said rights are never seen as good by the establishment, only as the necessary price for keeping/restoring the peace.

For Example:

The north fought the civil war to keep the south in the union. The south fought the civil war to keep their slaves.

If Lincoln hadn't been killed and his VP hadn't bungled things as much as he did, there would be no amendment regarding slavery, it would be a purely legislative matter, not a constitutional one.

This means that, if Lincoln lived, we'd need to worry about republicans overturning anti-slavery laws too, in addition to everything else.

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@loveislandusa: Live, laugh, love. 💜

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just to remind everybody that US has approximately 76 military bases and US Marine Corps in Latin America. Why US has military bases there🤔

COLONIZATION

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My understanding of manifest destiny was shaped by two ideas I had already leaned I. History...."Divine right of kings" and "the northeast passage"

The first could was framed as proven wrong by my country, the second could be refuted with some mashed potatos and gravy....

After those two examples, it was hard to think of Manifest Destiny as any thing more than wishfull thinking