Once I was the King of Spain

"Now I eat humble pie!"

Man, I've had that Moxy Fruvous song in my head for days!

The King of Spain was worried that other countries (England) would colonize Northern CA before he did, but he was broke from colonizing Mexico. So he said to the Catholic church that he'd pay for 10 years; and then the Missions would have to be self-supporting. The Catholics got more souls to "save" (in destroying them?), and the King got "loyal SUBJECTS".

Man, why does no one (but me?) think about how lame all this colonization was for the people who were already living there? (Here, in this case.)
Don't wanna face the truth about our ancestors?
Don't care?
Can't bear to think about it?
I don't know.

"Freedom!"?
"Shining city on the hill"?
"The greatest nation on Earth"?
Maybe. After we used slaves to build a lot of it. After we stole other people's land and resources.
We left Europe because of "religious persecution", and promptly used religion to persecute others.
I say "Lame!"

But I know I'm "weird".