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Siwsan

(26,272 posts) Sat Jan 5, 2019, 03:39 PM Jan 2019

Didn't we fight a war in the 1700's to prevent such a man as trump* from being in power?

He seems to believe the presidency allows for him to behave as an unrestrained monarch, answering to no one. Well, to no one but Putin.

Sometimes being a student of history can make for some very scary thoughts.

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Didn't we fight a war in the 1700's to prevent such a man as trump* from being in power? (Original Post) Siwsan Jan 2019 OP

yeah, and the 1940s too. Takket Jan 2019 #1

And not just a monarch, but a crazy monarch. Funny, that. n/t ms liberty Jan 2019 #2

Actually, the Revolution was probably more about corporate ownership of gov't... Wounded Bear Jan 2019 #3

I re-read the Declaration of Independence recently Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #4

The Founding Fathers failed Turbineguy Jan 2019 #5

Takket

(21,578 posts)

1. yeah, and the 1940s too.

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Sat Jan 5, 2019, 03:41 PM

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ms liberty

(8,580 posts)

2. And not just a monarch, but a crazy monarch. Funny, that. n/t

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Sat Jan 5, 2019, 03:55 PM

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Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

3. Actually, the Revolution was probably more about corporate ownership of gov't...

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Sat Jan 5, 2019, 03:58 PM

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Google the Greater East India Company sometime. Most member of Parliament were invested in it.

The D of I was addressed to the King, but most of the evil bullshit came out of Parliament.