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Also, America was formed because a bunch of rich, old, white guys didn't want to pay their taxes.
More like a bunch of folk who were turfed out of Europe for being a bit too religiously weird
That takes some doing in the 16th century ๐
I mean, that was why the pilgrims left. There were a lot of other people that came for a lot of other reasons after.
Yeah but maybe look at a modern written constitution. At least the guys wrote the American one had some ideals. The Canadian Charter of Rights was written by a career politician in the late 70s to specifically guarantee governmental rights, not citizens.
Or be around Catholics.
Anglicans. Who were, in fact, persecuting other religions because that's just what you did at the time.