The White Sun, 39th Day of Childwinter, 525 M.E. (Castor): This country was founded on slavery and genocide by wealthy, white, misogynistic plantation owners. Our current socio-economic infrastructure was created by late 19th and early 20th Century oligarchs, robber barons, and tycoons.   

If you're at all surprised by the appalling current events, what sort of tree did you expect to grow out of that tainted soil?