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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 02:03 PM
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6. What else was slavery but massive inequity?
The US was founded on genocide and slavery, and it continues on the path that was set.

So was Canada. We haven't come to terms with our colonial past, either. We haven't, however, embraced empire. At least, not yet. Give us time.

The British empire ended because the Brits decided that (well, at least until the neo-empire builders rose again) empire abroad was not worth the loss of freedom at home, and empire, of whatever stripe, invariably leads to debt, unequal taxation, standing armies, and the suppression of a working class, whether through outright slavery or wage slavery.

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