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> In contrast, the American Revolution was founded on principles of freedom and law [...] did not embrace violence as desireable That's pretty rich, since the
by calcifer 6mo ago
> In contrast, the American Revolution was founded on principles of freedom and law [...] did not embrace violence as desireable
That's pretty rich, since the United States only exists thanks to systemic, deliberate violence on a mass scale against the local population.
- bdangubic 6mo agoand has continued to this day with violence against non-local populations around the world
- Nervhq 6mo ago[dead]
- Rury 6mo agoThat's because that statement is marginal. The founding father's were very keen to the arguments given by political theorists of their time, such as Locke. It's a large reason why the 1st and 2nd amendment are the two first amendments. They believed the rights to speech and violence are foundational to protecting our natural liberties from succumbing to tyranny.