“The United States did not bring Hawai'i out of poverty. It did not bring Hawai'i into enlightenment. If anything, it crushed one of the most amazing, progressive places and indigenous-led Nations on the planet.” -- Kamanamaikalani Beamer, PhD University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Find out why this is the case here:

https://themisfit.substack.com/p/part-1-hawaii-the-end-of-indigenous