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Jim Brown's avatar

This article demonstrates that America's strong and strict property rights are unique in the world. Few Americans appreciate the importance of property rights to our economic success. Property rights are the basis of all wealth creation, the dominance of the dollar as world reserve currency, and even the flood of immigration we are now experiencing. Property rights (or the lack thereof) are why I could never invest in a Chinese company or advise anyone else to do so.

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Richard's avatar

Odd, I can comment but not like. Stalin was once described as Genghis Kahn with a telephone. Imagine him with more modern tech and AI.

As to the Founders, Jefferson said, about slavery, something like "When I consider that God is just, I tremble for my country." and he was a slave owner. While noting British involvement is fair, let's not forget that the first African slaves, the infamous 1619 crew were brought here by the Portuguese and the Dutch were enthusiastic slavers too. In 1703, there were more slaves in NYC, Dutch until 1664, than anywhere except Charleston SC.

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