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Are you serious? The US was founded by wealthy land owners because they preferred to keep their money rather than pay taxes to the British Empire. I sympathis
by ionised 10y ago
Are you serious?
The US was founded by wealthy land owners because they preferred to keep their money rather than pay taxes to the British Empire.
I sympathise with that but lets not pretend it was founded with the freedoms and protections of ALL people in mind. Slaves and women were not granted those rights.
The country was founded by oligarchs for oligarchs and it has remained that way.
- nikdaheratik 10y agoI think that's a bit harsh when you consider that they could have just set up another monarchy and made themselves the newest round of nobility or something. It was a cutting edge experiment in liberty at the time. You have a point about the government being set up to serve the wealthy and propertied, but that's likely true no matter which time period you live in.