1. For the record, I was against the American Revolution before @dylanmatt was:https://sanseverything.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/the-american-revolution-a-mistake/ …
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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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