Our forefathers who met in Philadelphia in 1775 to decide
what to do about what had happen in Boston earlier that year. They had as I see
it three options one to make peace with the crown, two revolt against British
role, or three become a commonwealth which was offered by the crown. We already
know which choose they made, but what if the 13 colonies decided to become a
commonwealth of the United Kingdom and pledge a common defense with the British
empire.
It would be
nice to think that all the people of the North American continent would have
more Athenian way of life than the Spartan view of life that now seems the
culture of the 50 colonies. Since the United Kingdom did away with Slavery in
their empire about 30 years before the Civil War it would have saved us from that
carnage. The racism would still be with us for it is not an American invention
and there would still be wars, but maybe we would not be as quick to start
them.
No, it
wouldn’t be perfect we would still have problems, but maybe we would join with
the rest of world’s nations in such things as healthcare, fighting poverty and
most of all in fighting climate change. Today in the real world the United
States stands alone, isn’t it about time we rejoin humanity while there is
stall time.
