On Stolen Land, Everything Is Optional
The seductive charm of Billie Eilish's Grammy speech
Billie Eilish was cheered at the Grammys when she declared no one is illegal on stolen land.
It was a bold, thought-provoking. Until you thought about it for ten seconds and suddenly realised it’s utterly catastrophic consequences.
Because if no one is illegal on stolen land, we have to face the staggering implications.
Laws? Optional.
Morality? Negotiable.
Gravity? Merely a suggestion.
Imagine the existential havoc: speeding tickets? Null and void.
Tax returns? Invalid.
On stolen land, apparently, you’re free to live in blissful chaos.
And let’s not stop there.
If no one is illegal on stolen land, then logically no one is anything.
No one is gay on stolen land. No one is rich, poor, married, single, or subject to the laws of thermodynamics.
You could punch a stranger in the face and then apologize to a tree, and the law would shrug and say, “Fair enough. It’s stolen land.”
The consequences ripple further …
