cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/shermanposting/p/1825854/i-mean-she-s-right
also giving rural states too much representation, because they feared they get less.
Kinda reductive… but not wrong.
I'd love to see the timeline where native Americans were left alone.
"become" implies it was something else to begin with. it started as a cess pool when it allowed slavery to persist past the declaration of independence.
Yes in a weird way, I take heart in knowing that America’s politics have been super fucked up for most of its history. I know that sounds odd but most people I know seem to think things have just suddenly turned bad recently. I think maybe they were born during a brief respite is all. And I do think that with the fuller context, the arc of history bends in the right direction, yes, albeit with famous latency.
"We hold these truths to be self evident - that all men are created equal. But when I meet Thomas Jefferson, I'ma compel him to include women in the sequel, work!".
Man that lyric slapped hard and I'm just now realizing that if it were the N-word, it'd slap hard but be horribly historically inaccurate, as Angelica Schuyler kept many slaves. As did Thomas Jefferson.
Sherman do it again
but in seriousness the failure of reconstruction destroyed america at its foundation
Also Manifest Destiny
Didn’t punish the democrats enough then. Don’t punish democrats enough now.
And save me the party switch crap.
I hope this is just another bot. 🙏
Wow you were so wrong you made minorkeys sound reasonable. I've never seen that on Lemmy.
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