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2016 Postmortem

Skwmom

(12,685 posts) Tue Sep 15, 2015, 03:25 PM Sep 2015

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If you naysayers had lived in the 1700s, we'd still be a British Colony.

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If you naysayers had lived in the 1700s, we'd still be a British Colony. (Original Post) Skwmom Sep 2015 OP

Yep. Those guys were all Socialists, Reds, and long haired hippies. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2015 #1

Like another North American country: that awful place, Canada. lol Mika Sep 2015 #2

Beat me to it. If we'd stayed a colony, we'd be like Canada. OH, THE HORROR!!! Nay Sep 2015 #5

But then you could look forward to Prime Minister Corbyn... brooklynite Sep 2015 #3

looks like the British are way ahead of us ibegurpard Sep 2015 #4

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

1. Yep. Those guys were all Socialists, Reds, and long haired hippies.

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 03:29 PM

Sep 2015

Mika

(17,751 posts)

2. Like another North American country: that awful place, Canada. lol

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 04:40 PM

Sep 2015

Last I checked the Canadian middle class is among the best-off middle class in the developed world.
Secession worked out great for 'Murica. Uh huh.

Nay

(12,051 posts)

5. Beat me to it. If we'd stayed a colony, we'd be like Canada. OH, THE HORROR!!!

Reply to Mika (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 08:08 PM

Sep 2015

brooklynite

(94,501 posts)

3. But then you could look forward to Prime Minister Corbyn...

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 04:53 PM

Sep 2015

...maybe.

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)

4. looks like the British are way ahead of us

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 04:57 PM

Sep 2015

In taking their labor party back from 3rd way snakes.

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