Venezuela (thread 6): Episode 2: How the U.S. Quietly Stole Hawaii: Power, Profit, and a Coup

This episode walks through how American planters, politicians, and the military treated Hawaii less like a nation and more like an asset, arguing annexation was a “rescue” rather than theft.

It’s a sharp, unsettling look at how economic interests, race, and strategic thinking combined to overthrow a queen, bend the law, and rebrand conquest as inevitability. You’ll see how the rhetoric of protection hid deliberate decision-making.