Catholics created European oppression? — darn it, somebody should have told those Pilgrims to stay put. If only they had realized that England was a Protestant country and European oppression only went on in Catholic countries.
Its wilful ignorance to pretend that Europe did not develop it’s cruel feudal reality under the papacy and is wide reaching effect over there. And yes, including England. The entire rotten system was Europe wide and the papacy loved it as long as it got to pull strings with monarchs.