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I really disagree with much of the article that started the conversation.
The United States became a country precisely because a monarch tried to usurp the freedom of the colonies. The fundamental momentum of the revolution came from the fact that the colonists thought of themselves as free men, and aimed to continue to be such.
Goverment tends to grow, and to control more and more, until one day the governed decide "enough". Then government re-sets to small, and starts over.
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