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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 56 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

In addition: government programs that help everyone = helping black people = no.

I think this is the fundamental reason why the US never went to public/universal anything, be it healthcare, education, whatever.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yep. We should have told the colonies of Georgia and Carolina to fuck off, and we'll get around to conquering them, after we kicked The King out of the other 11 colonies.

If one person had voted differently during The Continental Congress, we would have started abolishing slavery

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Fascinating history.