#did a similar thing with united fruit's banana plantations too

[peggyrose19]

i need everyone to understand that the us colonized hawaii for its pineapples. like that wasn't the only reason, another was its strategic military location re: pearl harbor. but the pineapple plantation was a major one!

I don't think it's a radical ideal for the want of Hawai'i to become their own independent country. It should have never been taken over by the US in the first place. For a country whose entire foundation is based upon "separation from a colonial country" it's laughable that they made an entire population that was self governed into a state. It's insulting. It's already blatantly obvious that this whole country was based on lies and blood, and it only continues to perpetuate that. I'm shocked that the Hawai'ian sovereignty movement isn't mainstream even though they have been fighting for it since 1997. Fuck the American government.