conjuredskies | (Reply)

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"No, it's not the capital of the country or the state. It used to be the capital of the country, but they built a new city for that. They needed more room and wanted it to be more centrally located, you see." Flipping back to the big country map, and this time she points out D.C. "When the country was founded, it only took up these places near the ocean. Americans moved westward slowly, in stages, over the next century. Which would have been fine if they hadn't committed genocide in the process. And maybe it wouldn't have been fine with the people who used to live there."

She doesn't like admitting that part, but it's the truth and it's important to know these things.