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This one goes out to all the small government, privacy loving, Republicans out there, supposedly hating invasive big brother tactics and representing the values of the American heartland.

Would be much appreciated if you could have a word with your people about this.

        • Corn@lemmy.ml
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          7 days ago

          No, even in 1776, there were contemporaries who mocked a bunch of rich slave owners talking about freedom while stealing land from native americans. American freedom had always been the freedom for the ruling class to exploit the underclass.

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          To ad to others that already commented:
          Brutal colonialism and imperialism, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines to name only a few.