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● Republican Form of Government (1776) : "What's mine is mine, what's yours is yours, don't trespass!"
● All other forms of government : "What's yours is mine, so shut up, sit down, pay and obey."
I am tired of hearing people say freedom of speech and democracy have been the main factors for America's economic ascendancy, when in fact sparking wars and deceiving people around the globe have driven USA to where it is today. Remember 2004, Iraq ? When they said there were weapons of mass destruction and there were none, they were just going after the oil. This scenario has repeated over and over again.This was brought up by Mr. President Donald Trump in a republican debate, the only person brave enough to get on a stage and say such thing before a huge crowd. God bless President Trump ! God bless the new USA under President Trump.
Please input your insights on this matter respectfully.
THE AMERICAN SLAVE TRADE, COTTON and the RAILROADS were the foundation of US wealth. There were almost 10 million African American slaves in the United states between 1619 and 1865. For almost 300 years the United States profited hundreds of millions by selling slaves. Major Insurance companies such as JP Morgan and New York Life made millions by financing the buying and selling of slaves. Cotton was like gold during the Antebellum period. Prior to the invention of the Cotton Gin, millions of African American Slaves picked Cotton, which the US sold and exported throughout the world. 300 years of free labor from slaves, the cotton industry and also the railroad industry were the foundations of US wealth.
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THE AMERICAN SLAVE TRADE, COTTON and the RAILROADS were the foundation of US wealth. There were almost 10 million African American slaves in the United states between 1619 and 1860. For almost 300 years the United States profited hundreds of millions by selling slaves. Major Insurance companies such as JP Morgan and New York Life made millions by providing financing the buying and selling of slaves. The Cotton industry was like gold during the Antebellum period. Millions of African American Slaves picked Cotton, which the US sold and exported throughout the world. 300 years of free labor from slaves, the cotton industry and also the railroad industry were the foundations of US wealth.
The free labor didn't create the wealth. The free labor added to the profit.
Had there never been a single slave, and just underpaid serfs and laborers like modern day industry, the cotton trade would still have been very profitable.
Slavery just made it even more profitable for the 2% or so of people who actually held slaves, and the associated entities engaged in the slave apparatus.
Modern day example: Apple, Inc. would still be a mega corporation today if it actually produced its products under fair trade standards and union labor in California (instead of Chinese slaves). The shareholders, however, would be much, much less rich. They'd also probably have a few less billion in profits each year. But they'd STILL be rich because they have a product people want.
How many Americans benefit from America being a superpower?
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