Temper Tantrum Day
In the UK, we celebrate November 5th (‘Bonfire Night’ or ‘Guy Fawkes Night’ as it is popularly known) … the day the overthrow of Parliament by monarchists was prevented and democracy preserved.
In France the national day is Bastille Day … similarly celebrating the primacy of democracy over feudalism.
In Denmark they celebrate Constitution Day … marking the transformation of the country from a feudal monarchy to a constitutional democracy.
In Germany they celebrate Unity Day … commemorating the day on which the country was reunited, fractured families made whole again and democracy restored to to those who had spent forty years under the yoke of despotism.
What do they celebrate in the US?
A bunch of wealthy slave-owners throwing a hissy-fit, raging against the motherland … screaming “F*ck you, ̶I̶ ̶w̶o̶n̶’̶t̶ ̶d̶o̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶t̶e̶l̶l̶ ̶m̶e we won’t tidy our bedrooms!” and throwing their toys out of the pram … when asked to contribute towards the cost of troops stationed there to protect them from further attack by the French after the French and Indian War.
The irony of it is that not only was the successful prosecution of the subsequent civil war the result of military aid by the French but, furthermore, upon ‘liberating’ themselves from despotic rule by a monarch, they went on to implement a form of government in which the nation selects a monarch to rule over them …
(rather appositely … plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose).
In a further act of cognitive dissonance, they celebrate it with fireworks (which were invented by communists).
Hey ho … happy Independence For White Male Landowners Who Stole It From The Indigenous Population By Way Of Ongoing Genocide And Made Their Fortunes Off The Back Of Slavery Day to you all.
