So was America's revolution totally pointless after all?

[Philosoraptor]

If we allow monsters to ruin our nation, then the whole revolution against Great Britain all those centuries ago was really a hollow and pointless exercise.

And all those soldiers who fought and died for America, and all those civil rights marchers and freedom fighters have basically fought and died in vain.

[mmonk]

1. Yes unless we reverse present course.

[Kolesar]

2. We left Britain because it was bogus

And if we don't get some cool rules, pronto,... we'll just be bogus, too!

[bryant69]

3. There's a cheery thought

Do you expect America to last forever? All things die.

That said, I certainly hope we can change course.

Bryant
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[Philosoraptor]

4. Everything changes, all societies fall to dust.

[cobalt1999]

5. We've been here before and we'll be here again.

Historically, our political process has produced some really crappy administrations. This one is probably the worst or darn close to it, however they'll be better ones.

[willing dwarf]

6. You know what Jefferson said

"A first attempt to recover the right of self-government may fail, so may a second, a third, etc. But as a younger and more instructed race comes on, the sentiment becomes more and more intuitive, and a fourth, a fifth, or some subsequent one of the ever renewed attempts will ultimately succeed... To attain all this, however, rivers of blood must yet flow, and years of desolation pass over; yet the object is worth rivers of blood and years of desolation. For what inheritance so valuable can man leave to his posterity?"

[readmoreoften]

7. Well, those who went to civil rights marches for racial equality didn't march in vain.

And, on the plus side, no more monarchy! Now we have an oligarchy of secret masters in corporate board rooms. Yayyy!

[raccoon]

8. Yes. Just think, if we were still part of the UK, we might have a national

health plan, the way they do.

Anyway, the American "Revolution" wasn't really a revolution, but a war for independence. I didn't think that up myself, but read it someplace, and I agree with it. It didn't change the social order. Instead of having rich white British men in power, rich white American men were in power. It didn't change the social order at all. Compare it to the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. No, for almost 200 years the ideals put forth at America's birth were honored and

highly esteemed. Then the 'Right' decided to take us in a new direction; toward fascism and slavery of the masses.

[Virginia Dare]

10. We BECAME Britain...

we are now the hegemonious imperialists we once broke free from.