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YeahSureRight

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5. Independence from what exactly?

Reply to MichaelMcGuire (Original post)

Thu Jul 4, 2013, 05:08 AM

Jul 2013

Way back when a group of traitors or terrorists if you will, to the crown started a revolution mainly because of undue corporate influence over the crown and the perceived slights to the American Colonists who BTW had a LOWER tax burden then the other subjects living in the UK but I digress.

So over 200 years later we have even more corporate influence over our Government but we don’t have a king or queen we get to vote for a corporate backed and controlled candidate who does what the corporates want not the people.

So what has really changed since the revolution?

We still live under a government controlled by corporations.

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Happy independence day [View all] MichaelMcGuire Jul 2013 OP

Back at cha :) Tx4obama Jul 2013 #1

Indeed In_The_Wind Jul 2013 #2

HBD to the GOAT sagat Jul 2013 #3

+1 davidpdx Jul 2013 #4

Independence from what exactly? YeahSureRight Jul 2013 #5

So pessimistic :). MichaelMcGuire Jul 2013 #6

So hows that Scottish Revolulation coming along? YeahSureRight Jul 2013 #7

At a grass roots level not bad, exciting times for decades to come. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2013 #8

Thank you!! tavernier Jul 2013 #9