Aštra’el
Aštara, Blade of Aštoreth
What makes a newborn in Iowa think they deserve a life in America?
It is possible that their ancestors either conquered this land and earned it for themselves, or their ancestors lived their lives here before that, or their ancestors were freed slaves, or their ancestors migrated here legally.
So, ancestry. It is an understandable reason for feeling a stronger claim to this land and connection with its inhabitants and culture.
My perspective on this is that nobody “deserves” anything. However... if you truly love and cherish something that belongs to you and/ or your family/ people/ tribe/ culture/ etc... you protect it to the best of your ability. It belongs to you- not because you “deserve it”- but because it is in your power to hold on to it, for as long as that is so. If you do not defend what you love and cherish then other people may come take it from you, or transform it into something you won’t even recognize. It is human nature.
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