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Old 02-15-2018, 04:48 PM   #300
Groundhog
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Originally Posted by tarcone View Post
True, but those countries were built on a system of keeping the people in their place. The rich owned all the land and had serfs run it.

Which is completely unlike today's situation.

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This country was built be people who ran away from those systems. We dont have that inherent built in "we are peasants, we have always been peasants" mentality.
Our country has been built on "work hard and you can be what you want to be"

It has only been recently that other countries have done this. Not the 250 years of our country.

Sure, unless you were a black slave, I guess.
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