the american revolution wasnt about taxes it was an attempted patriot whig civil war, they were mad the UK parliment stopped william pitts war when they were winning because tories wanted to stop deficits ballooning from war
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it didnt work and they got stuck so they just decided to go their own way and do cool rome larping enlightenment era making anime real crazy shit then whigs regained power and so they went kind of easy on america
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yes they started off claiming like no taxes and shit but so the fuck what??? the french revolution acted like they were going to make all men equal and would somehow construct the perfect shit from "reason" and ppl still believe all that shit and they ended up murdering everyone
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at least the american revolutions derpyness just got updated without a fucking internal gov bloodbath and they backwalked some stuff that didnt work, they had better fundamentals then just thinking things would be good because you valued goodness
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i still dont really get what it was even FOR or ABOUT how did they convince people to fight for muh taxes and then also reverse that after pepo had a war supposedly to get rid of them
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Replying to @bigmastertroll @turrible_tao
it just seems confusing af like a con people were conned by muh founding fathers into getting caught up in their roman muh principles larp
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america was very very literate and had highest incomes on the planet for all deciles they were TOO POWERFUL to be subjects! they were citizens!!
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Replying to @turrible_tao @bigmastertroll
the british forces arrived and were astonished by our wealth
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we were TALLER , BETTER FED, SAVAGES, BETTER READ TOO POWERFUL
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We owe no allegiance, we bow to no throne, Our ruler is law and the law is our own; Our leaders themselves are our own fellow-men, Who can handle the sword and the scythe and the pen http://davidewilliams.bandcamp.com/track/ballad-of-the-green-mountain-boys …
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Replying to @eigenrobot @turrible_tao
been listening to a lot of revolutionary war music just now as well
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Replying to @bigmastertroll @turrible_tao
in defense of england one of the best nights of my life was going to a pub sing and doing rounds for the health of the king
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