So the men in the mines couldn't up and leave, go somewhere else, do something different? Immigrants from Mexico and much further in South America can endure great hardship to find their way into my country, walk through the dessert with little or no food or water, with no guarantee of anything once they arrive. But those miners had no other option? People always have options and choices, it's just how bad do they want it. I know it would be hard for them, especially if they had families. But I also know that others have endured worse. Mormon pilgrams walked from Missouri to Utah, over the Rocky Mountains in the winter to get where they wanted to be. But those miners were just stuck? I don't buy it.
The Founders of my country had choices. They were all well to do and didn't need to take the risks they did to form a new nation. In fact, half of the men that signed the Declaration of Independance were hunted down and hung for it, as they knew they would be when they signed their names. Now that was some choice to have to make. That's why John Hancock signed his name so prominently, as if to say to the King, "Here, I'm signing this, I mean it, and I don't care what happens to me".
And I don't think the rich are the backbone of my country. To the contarary, I think it is the common man, the farmers, the factory workers, the clerks, truck drivers and the like that are the real backbone. But I also do not believe that those who have prospered to a great degree should be ashamed of it, or own anyone else for what they have acheived.
I understand how you feel, and I'm not saying you're wrong about any of this or that I'm right. We disagree and that's ok. I respect your opinion and have enjoyed discussing it with you.
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