Re “Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda”
BE CAREFUL
with your sacramental rights!
From the very beginning,
Rastafari burned and condemned the spirit of colonialism
that remained embedded in the economic system
and the legal system of all “former” slave plantations
to keep “X-Slaves” cut off
from access to land
and cut off from access to capital.
This was identified as a refined system of slave control
that was designed to keep the masses of “X-Slaves”
working like their enslaved fore-parents
for the continued enrichment of “X-Slave-masters.”
This spirit of colonialism
was declared to be not only racist,
but also anti nature and anti creation.
Rastafari arrived at this conclusion because
the colonizers, in their pursuit of amassing huge financial profits,
stripped the native peoples of their lands and broke
their close relationship with nature.
Wealth accumulation on the part of the colonizer
demanded that the natives must be kept be
dis-empowered.
They had to be turned into vulnerable and dependent consumers who would have to go the supermarket and the druggist to get every bit of food and medicine that they needed.
Monopolizing control of food and medicine
was therefore the new form of slave control that would follow Emancipation.
Demonizing plants, keeping the “X-Slaves” landless, dis-empowered, and desperate for temporary short-term money became an essential part of this strategy.
By this means the “X-Slave” would have no recourse but to jump into the rat race to get money so that he could pay his rent, pay for his food, and pay for his medicine.
And his “X-Slave-master” would control
the cost of his living.
it introduced a system of native exploitation that exploited man and nature to amass super profits, but also because it operated on a scientific theory that denied the truth of creation
and demonized plants that are an essential part of the natural ecology of God’s creation.
Now that the spell of mental slavery is being broken, the whole world can see that this criticism was justified,
because the standard colonial policy involvedthe persecution of indigenous people,
the demonizing of their cultures,
the demonizing of their cultures,
and the waging of wars
to eradicate the plants
that they cultivated.
Incidentally, marijuana was not the only plant
that suffered persecution and demonizationat the hands of colonial invaders.
Amaranth, a popular food today
was also banned and declared illegal,
and the native people who cultivated it
were also subjected to brutal persecution.
Check who profits from its cultivation and sale today.
SEE
Why was Amaranth Banned by the Spanish?
Exploring the Legacy of Spanish Colonization in Mexico
https://priceseeds.com/why-was-amaranth-banned-by-the-spanish-exploring-the-legacy-of-spanish-colonization-in-mexico/SEE ALSO Amaranth history and origin
“When the Spanish arrived with Cortez, as part of their efforts to force Christianity on the pagan natives, they outlawed the grain. Amaranth fields were burned and cultivators were punished. Lucky for us, they were unable to completely destroy the grain. In a few remote areas, small amounts of amaranth survived.”
History shows that this racist and anti-creation attitude
originated in the mind of The Invaders
whose goal was to rob, enslave,
and exterminate the original inhabitants
of those lands that were targeted for colonization.
Time and again it has been demonstrated that suppressing anything that may empower the native and cause him to be independent has always been standard colonial policy.
And that is the main reason why in the modern age
all of the formerly colonized people
who used to feed themselves,
now find themselves
totally dependent on those that enslaved them.
Even to the extent that most of the food that they eat
has to be shipped to them from abroad.
This policy is not a thing of the past.
All of the current models of marijuana legislation in the Caribbean demonstrate the subtle ways in which this policy continues.
They present the appearance of
a progressive turn around from
the era of outright brutality
and institutionalized dis-empowerment.
But they must be seen against a background where
the vast majority of X-Slaves
remain landless squatters
because of having been historically
excluded from land ownership
and excluded from capital accumulation.
As a consequence of this,
the granting of “sacramental rights” to Rastafari,
represents nothing more than
a deliberate effort to camouflage
and present the illusion of inclusion.
The widespread landlessness that currently exists dictates that the role of X-Slaves and native people in the marijuana economy will remain very small and will therefore not represent an economic game changer.
The whole bluff is designed to pave the way for
a resurgence of those financial interests
who made billions from slavery and sugar cultivation.
to pave the way so that former persecutors and big capital can launch their new multi-billion dollar projects with a cloak of respectability from the accusation of hypocrisy.
renew and perpetuate
the solid division of wealth and labor
that has always existed in the Caribbean:
X-Slave-masters reaping the major benefits
while X-Slaves in their land-less-ness
and organized deprivation of capital
remain at the bottom
with a legal spliff in their mouths.
started with springs from a mind that
is above all things ANTI NATURE AND ANTI CREATION.
SACRAMENTAL RIGHTS
A FEW QUESTIONS RE THE CELEBRATION OF SACRAMENTAL RIGHTS
Does it mean that the formerly African liberation movement of Rastafari is being placed
in a privileged group apart from other Africans?
Does it mean that Rastafari will enjoy a right that is denied to others outside the Rastafari community?
If so, are we not creating a tabernacle racket where the WRONG MOTIVES for becoming a Rastafari, and the WRONG MOTIVES for establishing a Rastafari tabernacle not being encouraged by these divide and rule strategies?
has a right the herbs of the earth,
African Liberation is all about.
has Rastafari backed down from this stance,
and chosen to support a discriminatory system
that will now grant them token favors while
the legal authority to persecute other indigenous people for a plant remains in place?
Should these discriminatory rights be celebrated when
these same rights are fast becoming common place
WITHOUT REGARD TO RELIGION in the white world?
FULLY FREE, not partially free. Never forget that is what
African Liberation is all about.
Ras Jahaziel I Iktor Tafari rastafarivisions.com
6/7/23
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