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FarCenter

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3. Ben Franklin, printer, was the media baron of his day

Reply to OldYallow (Original post)

Mon Jan 9, 2017, 08:24 AM

Jan 2017

Many of the Founding Fathers were oligarchs. After the French Indian War, Britain acquired the Ohio Territory, but wouldn't let the colonial land speculators move in. This was a major cause of the War of Independence, which was followed by a westward land rush.

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I Just Heard America Wasn't An Oligarchy [View all] OldYallow Jan 2017 OP

whoever told you America wasn't an oligarchy, doesn't know what the word means. putitinD Jan 2017 #1

Members of the oligarchy and their paid and unpaid flacks Warpy Jan 2017 #2

Ben Franklin, printer, was the media baron of his day FarCenter Jan 2017 #3