If you are a believer in egalitarianism, you believe that all people are created equal.

However, to be a believer in this social theory you have to disregard thousands of years of world history. Take, for example, the Somali situation.

These Somalis have wandered around in the deserts of eastern Africa for thousands of years, creating no form of society, or means to sustain their population. Despite being residents of the most mineral-rich continent in the world, these people continue to live as they did thousands of years ago, creating nothing of value to further their own well-being.

In contrast, consider the societies that were planned and constructed in Europe over the same timeline. Organized towns and cities were formed, complete with running water, sewers and an educational system to advance knowledge. A means were developed with which to feed them, and it was the host of the industrial revolution in the 1800s.

When Europeans colonized the African continent in the 1800s they brought with them these same modern farming techniques and procedures. During this time the African population flourished because their agriculture base was more productive, and thus better suited to feed a larger population. When these former colonies demanded and were given their independence in the 1900s, the African natives could not maintain the same farming methods with which their population numbers had become accustomed, and as a result the continent has faced massive starvation over the last 50 years. Equal?

Your community has recently opened its doors to these people, where the statistics show they are doing the same things they did over in Africa. In short: nothing. But their situation is now much better; they are able to receive free money, housing, medical and educational benefits for doing exactly what their culture has instilled them to do: nothing.

Meanwhile, veterans’ services such as hospital care and Healthy Maine prescription benefits for Maine seniors have been slowed or stopped, affecting most the very people who have built and defended this country. Will the town raise property taxes to help these Americans?

Brian Kelly, member

Boston National Alliance,

Boston, Mass.