So let me see if I got Doc correctly.
People in the 18th - 19th century were much, much freer than us in the 21st.
Except for little inconsequential things like:
Black slaves who had no freedom at all (federalist issue, not related to freedom)
Women not allowed to vote and reduced to servitude role (social bias, not related to real freedom)
Native Americans driven to extincion in multiple regions across US (federalist issue, not related to freedom)
12 hour working days without any freedom for the workers and no worker rights (federalist issue, not related to real freedom)
Non-whites denied the right to vote (federalist issue, not related to real freedom)
People without property denied the right to vote (federalist issue, not related to real freedom)
Is that about right?
Last edited by Mish; 28-03-10 at 09:15 AM.
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Weak find the whip, willing find freedom
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