2. My more nuanced take is that there were two American revolutions: a plebeian revolution which was democratic but co-opted by the slave-owning elite & New England gentry, who instigated a counter-revolution to check democracy.
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And I was in favor of it before
@JStein_WaPo was in favor of it.https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/2015/7/7/8908481/american-revolution-mistake … - End of conversation
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England probably wouldn't have ended slavery without the loss in the American Revolution, so there's that.
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"Abolishionist" movement? Have a word with your proof reader.
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