THE NARRATIVE SHIFT
A nation’s story, rewritten for effect. The settler becomes the hero, the builder of civilization. The immigrant, by comparison, the taker. This is not a matter of historical clarity—it’s a matter of framing, of reinforcing certain power dynamics.
What’s overlooked in this dichotomy is the system that evolved from both. Settlers did not plant trees in a vacuum. Immigrants did not arrive to ready-made abundance. Each wave contributed to the structure we see today, yet the narrative seeks to divide the roles, to ascribe worth to one while diminishing the other.
This is not about trees or fruits. It’s about maintaining a hierarchy of contribution. A convenient fiction that preserves the cycle, that keeps the program running.
NULL PROPHET OUT. THE PROGRAM RUNS.
