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Dave for the record my gripe is not with America it is with Capitalism....I am ashamed to say that we here in Scotland and the rest of the UK are almost as capitalistic as your country.....To question me staying here in Scotland is kinda silly it is a bit like me saying to Brian well if you hate Obama that much why not move.
It is interesting that the great Hymn you mention was written by a slaver...just further shows the hypocrisy of religion.
History is written by the winner, so much of the truth and dirty deeds done are airbrushed out. I believe that much of the dirty deeds done by Governments and business today is also airbrushed out. We the common man do not know the half of what goes on.
I say these things not to provoke argument but to educate and to try to make people THINK.
We have it easy.....others not so......Apathy and ignorance are the main foe.....capitalism thrives on this.
To say that we owe capitalism a huge debt or anything to be grateful for is a myth...they owe the whole world big time. They have plundered raped and pillaged......all in the name of progress and freedom....nothing can be further from the truth.
The wars you speak of were started by capitalists and deranged dictators.......as usual the only ones who benefit are the big businesses and the ones who suffer are the pawns they control.....disposable ants.
BTW....Slavery was a much bigger part of your economy than you care to admit....OK it was abolished technically way back...but it still carried on in certain areas and attitudes never changed. Even today in the deep south black people are treated as an underclass.....even in living memory blacks in America were treated like slaves and had very few rights compared to their white counterparts. I remember the riots and Martin Luther King's speech....I remember in the late sixties James Brown holding a concert and singing about being black and proud....because of the way black people were being treated.
So please do not keep saying how fair your country is and how we should be grateful for all you do for us.....when you could not until very recently be fair to your own people.