• Nobody@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The king not being above the law is the founding principle of the United States. There was a whole revolution about it.

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      7 months ago

      No, there was a revolution because rich men wanted more. You fucking idiots just believed the song and dance.

      Lots of your presidents get away with despicable shit so don’t give it the star-spangled spit shine.

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      Not it wasn’t???

      The trial and execution of King Charles I was 100 years before the revolution.

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        7 months ago

        https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

        You should think about reading the Declaration of Independence sometime:

        The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

        He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

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          7 months ago

          You know your quote doesn’t prove the point your trying to make right?

          And it’s very well established that the revolution was primarily about taxes.