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Unlike most places in Europe, America has never had a revolution where they deposed the ruling class and those with political power. Americans tell themselves t
by titzer 4mo ago
Unlike most places in Europe, America has never had a revolution where they deposed the ruling class and those with political power. Americans tell themselves they live in a free country with a government run by the people. It is increasingly obvious that that is a lie.
- gnerd00 4mo agoexcept the courts are somewhat functional, and the law has a lot of pro-privacy and pro-consumer basis. It is not so simple as "lie" but, the clay feet of the idol are showing today.
- everyone 4mo agoI always point this out too. They had a war of independence, the main goal of which was so the elite slave owning class wouldn't have to pay tax. Yet they call it a revolution. They have never had an actual revolution akin to French revolution and the July revolution.
- jdross 4mo agowe regularly depose those with political power. In elections. And the wealthy die or stop participating within around 30 yrs of becoming wealthy normally. And compete themselves across idiology. Soros, Koch, Musk and Moskowitz all have very different packages of political beliefs they advocate vs each other