So many great lessons in that story, from "too many lawyers in Boston" to "debased currency" to "moral arguments that both sides felt strongly about." It's all

So many great lessons in that story, from "too many lawyers in Boston" to "debased currency" to "moral arguments that both sides felt strongly about." It's all there, same as right now. It is also striking how the opportunists came out after the war ended to fill the power void and steal as much as they could from everyone else. Nothing ever changes with human nature. I will say, however, that everyone who participated in the Revolution knew what they were signing up for--big boys, some of whom later whined about their plight. It's hard to make sense of it all. Another matter I find most striking about the article is how pretty much everyone was pardoned for serious crimes except for a few token examples. That is much like the soft-glove approach localities are taking with the Antifa communists today, although I'm not sure we should be handling violent communists in quite the same manner even though they are the same sort of lower class people as back then. I very much appreciate how people back then would take to the streets at seemingly a moment's notice and at least try to shove it back up the asses of the people who sought to destroy them, unlike today where regular people are just kicked around by bullies who are completely untouchable. Today, people who are poor believe it's their own fault when in fact it is a combination of factors, not just their own lousy behavior. The article hints at how Shays' rebels were paid, much like the rent a mobs in action around the US today. People do need to stand up for themselves because elections are rigged and leaders will never have anything but the interests of corporate and power centers in their minds. It is what it is in some ways, but the spirit of revolution is the spirit of pushing back against those overwhelmingly corrupt forces.