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Last edited by Ted Striker; August 3, 2020, 18:53.We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln -
"Ok, if we really want to argue about it. It's not about whether those people were innocent, it's about how they perceived the world to be as such. And yes, with "we", we mean Euro/Yankee types, the euro/yankee-centric doodles we are."
Very few truly bad men, out to oppress the world to make a buck. Some who were their tools. Most people just knew they had a job, a life, a community and a culture. The west was what we today might consider third world, so we still had a culture, but also were on the verge of a great age of exploration. Thankfully ignorant of where it would lead... For them anyway, but not for me. For you, well perhaps this age is a good thing.
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Just don't invest in Julian Oil.Originally posted by Ted Striker
I'd probably go with the 1920s in California.
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"Julian Oil."
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It was the Enron of it's day. Towards the end, it was the biggest trading stock on the Pacific Stock Exchange. Somedays more stock traded hands than were supposed to exist. That should have given someone a clue that something was wrong.Originally posted by Lancer
"Julian Oil."
Julian didn't pan out?
25% of all Angelenos owned stock in it. Its crash caused the nation's first security fraud laws to be passed. The governor of California was voted out of office, and the L.A. District Attorney was convicted of taking bribes.Comment
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Cool. Are you familiar with the South Seas bubble of the early 1800s? Bad decade to buy stock in England.
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Not really. The Kings of Hannover were related to the Kings of England so when there wasn't a male heir the King of Hannover got promoted to the much bigger throne.Originally posted by Lancer
Kingdom of GB and Ireland with the Electorate of Hanover
Bizarre.
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"Not really. The Kings of Hannover were related to the Kings of England so when there wasn't a male heir the King of Hannover got promoted to the much bigger throne."
Huh, and I thought that GB got their extra royalty from Scottish commoners slapping the old salami to French princesses.
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the 1810's.
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cuz?Long time member @ Apolyton
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The 'states got it's butt kicked and the white house was burned down, plus the luddite rebelion in Britain. Good times. Too bad things didn't last like that. 
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The French, was a bad decade for them.
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If I liked the past, I wouldn't be left-wing.Blog | Civ2 Scenario League | leo.petr at gmail.comComment
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Barring a few recent abberations, each decade is generally better than the previous. But not in every aspect.Visit First Cultural Industries
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Meat eating and the dominance and force projected over animals that is acompanies it is a gateway or parallel to other prejudiced beliefs such as classism, misogyny, and even racism. -General LuddComment
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Pick a decade. Have some fun.Long time member @ Apolyton
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