Joan Baez – Diamonds And Rust
From the press release: In this ground-breaking new history of early America, historian Robert Zimmerman not only exposes the lie behind The New York Times 1619 Project that falsely claims slavery is central to the history of the United States, he also provides profound lessons about the nature of human societies, lessons important for Americans today as well as for all future settlers on Mars and elsewhere in space.
Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space, is a riveting page-turning story that documents how slavery slowly became pervasive in the southern British colonies of North America, colonies founded by a people and culture that not only did not allow slavery but in every way were hostile to the practice.
Conscious Choice does more however. In telling the tragic history of the Virginia colony and the rise of slavery there, Zimmerman lays out the proper path for creating healthy societies in places like the Moon and Mars.
“Zimmerman’s ground-breaking history provides every future generation the basic framework for establishing new societies on other worlds. We would be wise to heed what he says.” —Robert Zubrin, founder of founder of the Mars Society.
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Ol’ Joan … *sigh*
My dad is the only person I knew whose eyes actually were “bluer than robin’s eggs.” But he never told me my poetry was lousy!! He sure didn’t think much of Joan, but I always liked this song quite a lot! And beyond politics, I admire any person with the guts to write a song and perform it in front of a crowd. Good post.
Oops … make that “robins’ eggs.” Dad didn’t hang with anyone named Robin that I know of, let alone one with bright blue eggs.
This song is what every song by Taylor Swift tries to be. I wonder if she will cover it some day.