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> The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. what tyranny?
by i_love_retros 2y ago
> The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy.
what tyranny?
- neo4llm 2y agoThe one from the Imperial rule from the King of England (King George III), right before the American Revolution was won, in 1776.
- i_love_retros 2y agoModern day historians (the good ones) recognize George III wasn't a tyrant at all. The revolutionaries just found it to be a useful story to tell to gain support. They wanted independence to avoid helping Britain pay off the debts it accrued protecting the colonies from the French. It's funny that Americans still buy the story that he was a tyrant.
- alabastervlog 2y agoThe East India Company undercutting prices on their smuggled tea and harming their bottom line.
- collinmcnulty 2y agoThe tyranny he’s referring to is Julius Caesar, not England.