When the Greek city-states screwed up and lost their freedom to Philip of Macedon's birdcatching diplomacy, they didn't recover their freedom for another 2160 years.
Let's see, 231 years of American freedom / 2100 years of serfdom and slavery, what sort of ratio would that work out to in our case?
“What sort of ratio would that work out to....”
Ten to one that one sees the shirt color that is chosen by the enforcers of social justice.
IMHO