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I know there is a lot of patriotism here on saidit, but to my mind the whole US political structure was set up from the beginning to protect and enrich the elite. Those venerated founding fathers were for the most part Elite wealthy businessmen were they not. Yet hundreds of years of propaganda has elevated them to the position of Saints almost.

There is very little difference between the British Empire and the American Empire in my view. The British too in their day though they were God's gift to the free world, that their system of government was the pinnacle of western political achievement. In the end the results are the same for both aren't they. Impoverishment for the masses and country estates for the elites.

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We do seem headed for some kind of end. Things were seeming to run pretty well here until the 60s, although WWII was a huge mistake. Kennedy was shot in the early 60s, then our demographics and morality were attacked shortly after. The 'free speech riots' by certain tribe members paved the way for public pornography, and a bill was passed promoting invasion by non-compatible races. It's been steadily downhill since then.