• superniceperson@sh.itjust.works
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    So they needed to fix it in the 1700s? The US has always been an authoritarian shit hole that replaced divine right with capital right. The whiskey rebellion is proof none of the founding fathers gave a singular shit about democracy or freedom.

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      The whiskey rebellion is proof none of the founding fathers gave a singular shit about democracy or freedom.

      The greatest lie that the working class has been fed is that its rulers care about them.

      Nah. Freedom and democracy has always been for wealthy white males. They literally see themselves as human and everyone else as animals.

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      The earlier the better I suppose. Americans kind of trapped themselves by turning their constitution into a holy book, though.

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        The literal living deification of Washington guaranteed that would happen, though, so its not exactly surprising they developed a sacred text along side their new god.