Leftists do not want freedom, they want "free" stuff. They will gladly sell all of theirs and my freedom for "free" stuff.
No sé de dónde sacas la idea de que no hablo inglés. Sé que es parte de tu acusación-du-jour decir que soy extranjero, pero nací aquí mismo en los buenos y viejos Estados Unidos de América.
On 7% of the population owned slave. The founders when forming this new nation tried to abolish slavery and they got 11 of the 13 states to go along with that. But because we less that 10% support of the people in America to go to war with England and England was the world's super power at that time and because all of that the founders knew they needed unanimous support of all 13 colonies. If they didn't then the two slave states would side with England.
What the founders were able to get all states to agree on is the elimination of importing slaves 20 years after the Constitution was ratified and the count slaves as 3/5ths of a person when counting the number in the household when the head of the house voted. This weakened the slave owners voting power.
As soon as Modda see this post he will go on auto-pilot with his guilt-by-association claims because some, not all, of my ancestors owned slaves. Because every time I mention anything about slavery to anyone else or to him he brings that up as if it means something. Those ancestors died many, many years before I was even born. I do not believe in any kind of slavery, either in a single person thinks they have the right to own anyone or socialism where the government owns everyone and everything.
But here comes Modda in 3........2........1........
My comment was about half of the country today. Because half of the country today despises freedom and this country. They think we are the most racist and oppressive country to have ever existed. If that isn't insane enough they think Trump is a king.
If you are talking about 1776, less that 10% of the country supported independence from England. By the time the Revolutionary War was over about 30% supported the new nation. Of the majority who did not support independence, only a small percentage were loyalists, the rest didn't care one way or the other.
Liberty is NOT "free" stuff from the government. The government does not produce anything so all of the money they spend comes from the taxpayers, the ones who produce all of the wealth in the country.
When you tax the producers they produce less wealth.
When there is less wealth the government cannot collect as much in taxes. The less they can collect in taxes the less they can pay for all of that "free" stuff.
The government can raise taxes but that has a negative effect on the economy and revenues decrease even more because fewer people are working.
This is why socialism can never work because it will either collapse under it's own weight or it becomes authoritarian and forces people to work and then collapses under it's own weight.
But good luck thinking your mayor is going to make life better for you.
The only question you need to ask is, is Mamdani more socialism or more Islamacist. Will you be living in a tightly controlled socialist regime or will you be living under Sharia law. Only time will tell.
