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They had some good ideas, but they also had some really bad ideas. (lemmy.world)
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I'd vote for a candidate who campaigned to repeal the Second Amendment.

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[โ€“] LordCrom@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Also, America was formed because a bunch of rich, old, white guys didn't want to pay their taxes.

[โ€“] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

More like a bunch of folk who were turfed out of Europe for being a bit too religiously weird

That takes some doing in the 16th century ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

I mean, that was why the pilgrims left. There were a lot of other people that came for a lot of other reasons after.

[โ€“] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah but maybe look at a modern written constitution. At least the guys wrote the American one had some ideals. The Canadian Charter of Rights was written by a career politician in the late 70s to specifically guarantee governmental rights, not citizens.

[โ€“] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or be around Catholics.

[โ€“] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 5 months ago

Anglicans. Who were, in fact, persecuting other religions because that's just what you did at the time.