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The homeless are a problem for only one reason
The homeless issue is a problem primarily because it raises a question about land ownership.
Their presence raises the question
The presence of the homeless prompts the question of who owns the land.
Who owns the Land?
Presents the central question: Who owns the land?
The homeless are a problem for only one reason
Reiteration of the idea that homelessness raises the question of land ownership.
Their presence raises the question
Repetition, emphasizing the connection between homelessness and the question of land ownership.
Who owns the Land?
Continued emphasis on the question of land ownership.
Who owns the Land?
-Who owns the Land?
-Could it be millions of dead indians
Suggests a historical connection between land ownership and the displacement of Native Americans.
Who owns the Land?
Ponders whether other historical injustices, like the Holocaust, are connected to land ownership.
Could it be 6 million Jews?
-Who owns the Land?
-Is there a connection
Questions if there is a link between land ownership and imperialism.
Who owns the Land?
-To our imperialism
-Who owns the Land?
-Won't someone please tell me..
Expresses a desire for someone to provide an answer to the question of land ownership.
Who owns the Land?
Reiterates the narrator's identity as a white man in the Americas, emphasizing the personal connection to the land question.
'cause I am just a white man
-Who owns the Land?
-I live in the Americas
-Who owns the Land?
-How did I get here?
Expresses confusion about how the narrator ended up in the current situation or location.
This morning I was awoken, by a man with a hand gun
Describes a confrontation with authority, possibly reflecting societal rules limiting basic rights.
He's got a book of rules that says,
-I ain't got no right to sleep
-This morning I was awoken, by a man with a hand gun
-He's got a book of rules that says, I ain't got no right to be
-Who owns the Land?
Repeats the question of land ownership and suggests a connection to the narrator's daily struggles and evictions.
Who owns the Land?
-Is there a connection?
-Who owns the Land?
Raises awareness of the historical injustices, including extermination of Native Americans, related to land ownership.
To my daily eviction
-Who owns the Land?
-And the extermination
-Who owns the Land?
-Of the Native American
-Who owns the Land?
-Won't someone please tell me..
-Who owns the Land?
Reiterates the narrator's identity and confusion about their presence in the Americas.
'cause I am just a white man
-Who owns the Land?
-I live in the Americas
-Who owns the Land?
-How did I get here?
-Who owns the Land?
Repeats the central question of land ownership.
Who owns the Land?
-Who owns the Land?
-Maybe it's you and me
Ponders various possibilities for land ownership, including individuals, corporations, and the Earth itself.
Who owns the Land?
-Maybe it's not
-The corporations
-Who owns the Land?
-Maybe the Earth owns itself
-Maybe it's the Native American
Suggests that Native Americans might be the rightful owners of the land.
Ecocide,
Introduces powerful terms like ecocide and genocide, raising concerns about the destruction of the environment and indigenous populations.
Genocide,
-Where is Home?
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