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Originally Posted by ilovetv
There is logic in what you've said. But let's not forget the fact that the early colonists and settlers in this nation came looking for land, house and home they could call their own....in a property-owning, free society where they could have the freedom to practice and express their theological and civic views, and have at least a portion of the goods/services they worked like slaves to produce--to have some of the fruits of their labor instead of handing it all over to The State.
The bitterness above is striking and I can't imagine why a person would stay in a regime that commits such horrid socio-economic "oppression and exploitation" of the "victims".
This country has its serious flaws, but everyone has the opportunity to work and seek a better way of producing, for self and for country. Both Presidents Clinton and Obama were fatherless, and Clinton was very poor growing up. But look at what they were able to overcome and achieve, by making the effort over the long haul. Are they "exploiting and stepping on" Native Americans and African Americans, too? I don't think so.
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I would like to believe your assertion that everyone has the opertunity to be successful if only they applied themselves. I have been successful because I am smart, hard working, but most of all because I am am a man and white. Sorry, but I recognize the breaks and helping hands I have had over the years because I am a white male.