Another day, another statue toppled by the Biden administration. This erasure of history, once a hallmark of communist revolutions, has become almost commonplace in modern America. But until we understand the true purpose of this historical revisionism, this statue coming down will be the most ridiculous yet.

First they came for the Confederate monument. Then they came looking for the Founding Fathers. Now William Penn joins a long list of American politicians whose statues should be removed from public land.National Park Service under Biden administration announced On Friday, it was announced that a statue of Penn would be removed from Philadelphia's Welcome Park as part of a “rehabilitation” process.

BREAKING NEWS: The Biden administration is evicting William Penn from his Philadelphia home and replacing it with Native American history.

Welcome Park is a park located on the grounds of Penn's home in Philadelphia. Penn is the founder of the state of Pennsylvania. He founded a colony as a refuge… pic.twitter.com/IPADU7eleM

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William Penn was a 17th century English aristocrat, prolific writer, and influential Quaker. Most importantly, he founded the state of Pennsylvania in his 1681 year. Today, the park is located where Penn once called his home and was named after the ship that brought him to America, the Welcome. But the NPS now wants to erase his memory for the common reason: “To provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for our visitors.”

Penn's statutes aren't the only ones being removed. Additionally, the NPS plans to remove a museum that houses a model of his home and a timeline of his life and Pennsylvania settlement. The “reimagined” exhibit will include an “expanded interpretation of Native American history” developed “in consultation with Native American representatives.” (Related: Left-wing activists shut down New York City traffic arteries all at once)

Presumably, this implies the same treatment as historical properties. james madison, thomas jefferson and George Washington All taken in the post-George Floyd era. As you tour the updated exhibits, it's clear that these are no longer the grand estates of the Founding Fathers, but the disgraced plantations of slaveholders, the prison and cemetery of America's first victims. is. Welcome Park will certainly focus specifically on the evil that early Pennsylvanians inflicted on Native Americans and the legacy of trauma that lingers in today's disparities. Penn will be recast as a villain in his own story, rather than a hero, symbol, or neutral historical figure.

Although it is deplorable, it is not surprising that the Founding Fathers were treated this way. The left has long been involved in discrediting the architects of the constitutional system it seeks to dismantle. But it's even more surprising that a relative unknown like Penn would end up finding his way onto the chopping block. Especially considering that five minutes ago he was being revered as an enlightened figure who stood out from the brutal history of the American colonies.

Penn, like many of his contemporaries, owned slaves. However, compared to many of his contemporaries, he also treated Native Americans exceptionally well. Penn became a Quaker at a young age, and the resulting persecution he suffered in England made him a strong advocate of religious tolerance. This attitude would eventually lead him to the New World, where his primitive liberal governance would lay the foundation for America's constitutional framework 100 years later.

In 1682 he government framework It established a bicameral legislature and guaranteed trial by jury, freedom from unjust imprisonment, and free elections.After a few months, his great law It established freedom of religion and stipulated that no person should be “compelled to frequent or maintain a place of religious worship or service.” After 20 years of experimentation, the pen charter of privileges In 1701, individual rights and the separation of church and state were further strengthened. Notably, these rights extended to Native Americans as well.

of Treaty of Shackamaxon (1682) The negotiations between Penn and the Lenape Indians reflected mutual respect as they exchanged a “promise of eternal friendship.”benjamin's west famous paintings, “Penn's Treaty with the Indians” immortalized the spirit of the treaty in Pennsylvania's history and self-conception.Peace lasted until the next day Penn's Creek Massacre The year was 1755.

Treaty between William Penn and the Native Americans, painted by Benjamin West in 1771: https://t.co/3qtN2DizDR pic.twitter.com/69CpdOHYus

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For now, Philadelphia's Independence Hall Association is still explain It is not clear how Penn's philosophy was applied to Native Americans, but it is unlikely that this record would last long.

“He developed friendly relations with the local Indians and ensured that they were paid fairly for their land. Penn also learned several different Indian dialects in order to communicate in negotiations without an interpreter. Penn introduced a law that if a European did an injustice to an Indian, there would be a fair trial in which an equal number of people from both groups would decide the issue. His steps in this matter were successful. It has been proven that later settlers did not treat the Indians as fairly as Penn and his first group of settlers, but the settlers and Indians remained in Pennsylvania much longer than in other British colonies. We kept the peace.”

If you're anything like me, this horribly brief synopsis is probably all you learned about Pennsylvania's founders in history class. Twenty years ago, when I was in school, American education was already plagued by decidedly liberal trends. We learned first and foremost about the cruelty of Manifest Fate and atrocities like the Trail of Tears. But Penn has always been portrayed as a glorious egalitarian exception to the reign of American hypocrisy. If the rest of American history followed his example, we would truly be worthy of our ideals. Now, just a few years later, these ideas are enough to cause him to cancel.

The statue's removal highlights the rapid pace of the attack on American history, while exposing the ideology behind it more clearly than ever before. These historic arsonists never intended to stop at destroying the memory of the Confederacy and the flawed liberalism of the Founders. Their ideology is not against a hypocritical failure to embody American ideals, but against the ideals themselves. They will not stop until they completely supplant America's original liberal traditions of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Like all “egalitarian” revolutionaries in history, they are perfectly comfortable accepting hierarchies of injustice and inequality as long as they remain at the top to orchestrate their grand social designs. (Related: New poll: Is anyone surprised that Democrats overwhelmingly hate democracy?)

Penn was not the first victim of this totalizing project, and he will not be the last. It is consumed until there is a blank slate to form anew. It was never about “re-imagining” the pen, but about re-imagining humans, society, and nature itself. It will only stop when we collectively understand this and stand up and say “enough is enough.”