Stupid tankies >:-(

  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    well to be fair here the colonists were mainly mad at being constrained by British treaties from massacring the natives so the founding fathers are a much better map to Israel in this situation. It's also not undue to speculate that the strong abolitionist movement in Britain at the time that led to the fact Britain would ban the slave trade was a concern on some level to a colony that made its money off of slavery. infact there is some evidence that the relative popularity of abolition was a factor in the American desire to break from Britain

    There are a lot of good reasons why someone might fight the British empire so it's a true testament to American ingenuity that they managed to find an evil reason

    • ferristriangle [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      There are a lot of good reasons why someone might fight the British empire so it's a true testament to American ingenuity that they managed to find an evil reason

      "Americans can be trusted to do the right thing, after they've exhausted every other option"

    • Flinch [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I've heard the american revolutionary war described as "Brexit but for slavery" and I feel like that really hits the nail on the head