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posted ago by yudsfpbc ago by yudsfpbc +189 / -0

After King Charles was tried, sentenced, and executed for treason, Oliver Cromwell retired for a time, leaving the government in the hands of parliament. He believed that only they had the right to run the government, not some dictatorial king. Even though he was offered the position of king, he refused.

After some time, it became clear that parliament was just as corrupt as the king was. Instead of one corrupter, there were many, each using each other to exploit tge English commoner. Worse yet, they had refused to allow elections for a new parliament, making themselves the Long Parliament.

And so Cromwell addressed parliament laying out the case for what should've been done vs. what they actually did. At the end of his speech, he summoned the military into the house and bade the parliament disbanded. What followed until his death was his administration of the English government.

When Trump addresses the senate, I hope we see the same thing. Rather than defend himself, he should lay at their feet every bit of evidence of their crimes. As he wraps up his case, drawing upon the same authority that Cromwell called upon, the rightness of his cause and God's mercy, he should disband the federal government.

That would be pretty cool I think.

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Kfc_and_Watermelon 5 points ago +5 / -0

People didn't believe there was a revolution happening until the armies were engaging in battle in their back yards.

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yudsfpbc [S] 3 points ago +3 / -0

A lot didn't believe we could actually win until Cornwallis surrendered!