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These two situations are literally not comparable at all. For one thing, England didn't have massive police and secret police force estabilised in its American
by burntoutfire 5y ago
These two situations are literally not comparable at all. For one thing, England didn't have massive police and secret police force estabilised in its American colonies which could just immediately disappear any people who are starting to organize any kind of resistance. The Russian despots were always extremely good at snuffing out any internal resistance, that's how they stayed in power for centuries.
- 908B64B197 5y ago> England didn't have massive police and secret police force estabilised in its American colonies which could just immediately disappear any people who are starting to organize any kind of resistance It didn't, because the colonist didn't let it happen. Democracy and freedom aren’t privilege, they are rights earned with blood.
- xen0 5y agoThe capabilities of the modern Russian state to control and inflict harm and terror upon its people far outweigh the capabilities of the 18th Century British Empire in regards to its American colonies. The modern idea of a police force didn't even exist at the time.