become ruled by the same form of Empire that they fought to free themselves from at the birth of their nation?
2007-12-06 00:23:29 · 7 answers · asked by canadaguy 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Yun can you tell me what countries militia defeated the U.S invasion attempt in only days. and who burned the white house? can you do it without a search engine?
2007-12-06 01:19:15 · update #1
Well, being a citizen of the USA, and having studied history a little...
You need to look again.
We elect the officials that make the decisions for our country, we couldn't do that while under English rule.
While we have troops in other countries, we don't force them to pay us taxes or set laws over them.
There are more than a plethora of differences between now and then. I'm afraid that your political philosophy (by the way, this should be posted in politics, not history) has blinded you to reality.
Either that or you don't actually know what the history of the US is like...
2007-12-06 00:28:37 · answer #1 · answered by Yun 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
This "Empire" accusation is meaningless.
An Empire is ruled by an "Emperor", who will hold power for life, and then pass it along to family. The USA does not.
We have a government that allows for a "strong" president who has the power to command out military forces.
The President is STILL elected, can only serve two terms, and must answer to Congress.
An Empire needs "colonies". At least the classical empires like the United Kingdom did. The USA may send troops on worldwide adventures, but we have no interest in sending citizens to settle in those places. We prefer they adopt democratic and peaceful governments of their own.
We get criticized for allowing every citizen to own firearms of almost any kind, also. The real reason we have that right is to Prevent our own government from becoming so evil that we must rise up against it.
2007-12-06 08:38:59 · answer #2 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do realize this. In fact, we do not have true freedom of religion - just look at the religious foundations which have had their assets frozen since 9/11, or remember the Mormon extermination order signed by President Grant in the 1870s (and also the massacres by Mormons of various wagontrainloads at about the same time). We do still have taxation without representation - look to the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the other possessions, none of which have voting representation in Congress. It is true that my own freedoms are substantially intact, but the freedoms I love are being progressively stripped from many others. The ineptitude and power-grabbing of the present administration are counterbalanced by the impotence of Congress and the Judiciary.
2007-12-06 08:45:44 · answer #3 · answered by Captain Atom 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Canadian militias have repulsed several American invasions...it is remarkable that we are still friends, after all the invasions.
British regulars burned the White House in the war of 1812.
2007-12-06 13:01:55 · answer #4 · answered by glenn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the U.S. has turned into an empire. No, it's not tyrannical (YET). And the main 2 reasons we fought for our freedom from England are still intact, freedom of religion and no taxation without representation.
2007-12-06 08:33:25 · answer #5 · answered by Kurtis G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They've turned into a very corrupt nation............I reckon it wont be long before there is a massive revolt against their government - and who could blame them?
It's also sad too - because the rest of the world judges ALL Americans to be greedy, selfish, destructive etc.....when it's really their conspiratorial government that is behind it all. Many people are quite immature for this - just because their leader is a greedy phsycopath doesn't mean that all Americans are bad people.
2007-12-06 08:29:17 · answer #6 · answered by j e s s i c a a シ 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Denial is not just a river in Egypt...
2007-12-06 08:33:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋