Illuminostro,

They revolted because the rich hate paying taxes. Just like now.

Woozythebear,

Yes they did…

MxM111,
MxM111 avatar

And you can’t recognize worker, if he is rotated by 45 degrees. So you kill him. For the king!

callouscomic,

The founders didn’t flee anything. They were born here and got tired of taxes and oppression.

EncryptKeeper,

Well, most of them were born here at least.

Shadowq8,

more like not to build an oligopoly

FiniteBanjo,

Technically, the pilgrims who fled to America were fleeing away from progressive changes to theology in Europe at the time. That’s why all the pilgrim women covered their hair, their legs, and sacrificed goats.

George and the homies appreciated separation of Church and State, though, so props for that at least.

some_guy,

They were the freaks of their society. They weren’t facing religious persecution. They were utter outcasts for being nuts about it.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, but try telling that to all the people who’ve been brainwashed into thinking this was founded as a Christian country and that the founders were all Christians.

w2tpmf,

They didn’t flee from shit!

They spilled their own blood and the blood of those who would impose their beliefs onto them inorder to free themselves of any such imposing.

asteriskeverything,

Look, we only worship false idols when and/or where it reinforces our beliefs. So this shit doesn’t matter! In one ear and out the other until my pastor/news host/political personality mouthpiece tells me what to think about that retort of yours and how to respond! In the meantime I will pray on it and pray you find Jesus and that will bring me great comfort and validation that I’m working on personal growth. Because I recognize my flaws and problems and quietly ask someone else to help me fix them unlike you heathens.

sorry, triggered, in a mood and got carried away lol

TunaCowboy,

What if we were the kings though?

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Westcoastdg,
LesserAbe,

Yeah who cares what the founders wanted? What do we want right now?

naught,

I never understood this. Why do deify these men? If anything we should be proud of the progress we have made since they’ve been dead and understand their important, but deeply flawed place in history. Anything else is just mythological, ultranationalist propaganda

apfelwoiSchoppen,
@apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world avatar

Ahh yes the merchant revolution of the US, in which rich white men got mad about paying taxes and the whispers of slave abolition in England and revolted.

It wasn’t the people’s war, it was the merchants war.

afraid_of_zombies,

Had nothing to do with suspending the right to trial by jury, forced deportations, suspending peaceful assembly, demanding quartering troops, cutting off trade routes…

oce,
@oce@jlai.lu avatar

Similar thing with the French revolution, it’s the bourgeoisie who found nobility privileges unfair that led most of it.

lars,

Idgaf what they thought.

Didn’t they own people and commit treason??

RagingHungryPanda,

There was that intermediate bit where they went to Amsterdam and couldn’t handle all the religious freedom, so then they went to America.

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