• Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    America was colonized on the principles of not being taxed by a king and not being told how many wives you can have by a pope.

    The separation of church and state was a lofty ideal, but never a realistic one given who moved to America.

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      America was colonized on the principles of not being taxed by a king genocide of native peoples and not being told how many wives you can have by a popeinstitutionalized slavery .

      But otherwise, sure. I agree.