Even before Trump, we were on the way to losing our democracy — but we did not pay attention. Now, we have no choice but to attend to it
  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    1 day ago

    the slave owning richest man in the country turned warlord

    Washington? He was rich but he wasn’t the richest man in America either before or after the revolution.

    • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 day ago

      Ahhh hell you’re right I’ll go make a correction. I like Aztec history way more than U.S.A. history so I’m not surprised I’ve been mistaken about this for decades.

        • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          7 hours ago

          Aztec human sacrifice and the brutal capital punishment implemented by European countries were both for the same thing: To maintain social order.

          Except the Aztecs sacrificed a lot fewer people to their gods than the Europeans sacrificed to their god of “justice.”

    • suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.mlEnglish
      37·
      1 day ago

      Hey you! Piss off with that fact checking . We’re having an America bad always and forever circle-jerk in here.