Re: There are ruling classes

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In article <hegeman-ya023580000901971131480001@newshost.uwo.ca>,
hegeman@wchat.on.ca (Toby Cockcroft) wrote:

> In article <Love@40891>, varange@crl.com,fenriz66@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> >The ancestral Germanic tribes overthrew their unwanted
> >kings whenever he didn't resign gracefully; he usually did.
> >Since "Anglo-American" is Germanic, what would be the problem
> >with this?
>
> FYI Anglo-American is not Germanic. The Germans have had little influence
> on the political traditions and structure of the United States
>

Um, actually Toby, while the FORMAL political structures are less affected
by the german heritage here, the informal stuff gets a big shove. Even at
the level of public schools, the basic models were set by copying many
aspects of the prussian school system. IIRC german-americans became the
largest single ethnic group in america by about 1890. They still are,
IIRC.

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Tom Billings

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