Heirs to Thievery

Disseminating myths upon a passive youth
 Lets look back upon, some long-enshrouded truths
 Where fables often tell, of tyrannies undone
 As good guys all wear white, and wars are always won
 Sweep away the dust from books carved so clean,
 Glaring, stark omissions, rapacity unseen
 What of foul deception?
 Treaties gone ignored?
 Unjust annexations, and rough-riding hordes?
 Why prevaricate?
 Heirs to thievery
 From Grande to St Lawrence, a nascent power heaved
 Monroe Doctrine, Manifest Destiny decreed
 Push to the Pacific, across the open see
 Eliminate the natives (and leave them a museum!)
 Expansion had an engine - the slavery of man
 From Cuba to Manila, we solidified our plan
 Den of fucking thieves
 Heroes, dripping out from texts as Gods
 Liars, fueling fables, taught as axioms