ù Quoting Rich Willbanks from a message to Ryan Bagueros  ù 
RW> Why didn't you count sexism too?  Women were not much better off then 
RW> the slaves.  Oh yeah, classism also. Only the rich property owners 
RW> could vote.  Don't forget xenophobia, after all most of the founders 
RW> were former British.
I dunno about xenophobia, but definitely classism and sexism. Quite 
obviously, 
this nation was founded by rich, white aristocratic men.
RW> And supported the growth of free countries world wide. 
Haha! Here's a clue: when you read in the papers about how the U.S. is 
supporting democracy abroad, what it means is that the U.S. is forcing 
popular 
elections, supporting a candidate with money and campaigning, and then using 
that leader as a puppet for the U$A's corporate agenda. For instance, let's 
take Mexico: after they held elections for themselves (which was entirely a 
domestic democratic movement that was actually against the US's policy) and 
elected into government the party they wanted, the USA supported a quasi-real 
rebel group (armed and trained by our government) to overthrow that 
government 
and bring back one of repression. Today, this has resulted in vast economic 
depression in Mexico, as well as one of the strongest class-based 
revolutionary
groups the world has ever seen in the state of Chiapas. That's what you mean 
by
supporting "free" countries worldwide?
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