What people don’t realize is that there are about 29 states that are no longer part of democratic America. They are colonies of Big fossil fuel companies, mining, timber, or corporate agriculture. There are no family farms, with people who hold conservative beliefs. These industries own the governments. They exploit the resources, take the money, and offer their citizens fewer and fewer benefits. Now they are restricting their rights while they limit, or even eliminate education. This is what the Europeans did in Africa two hundred years ago.