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Seaver · 12-28-2006, 01:57 PM

Why is there no revolution like in 1776? It's not because more people cared back then, but because our protests are not ending in massacres.

Our "revolution" was nothing more than a bunch of drunks dumping tea and rich merchants protesting a tax before the Boston Massacre. After that people were willing to stand up to the British, and the justifications for revolution followed afterwards.

There is no revolution because there is no bloodshed, and even the poor in this country have it pretty good. The vast majority have cars, TVs, and ample education if they seek it out. So they will have a few perks withdrawn, it's not as if they will be evicted because their new tax burden will bleed them dry.

12-28-2006, 01:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
Seaver Junkie Location: Fort Worth, TX	Why is there no revolution like in 1776? It's not because more people cared back then, but because our protests are not ending in massacres. Our "revolution" was nothing more than a bunch of drunks dumping tea and rich merchants protesting a tax before the Boston Massacre. After that people were willing to stand up to the British, and the justifications for revolution followed afterwards. There is no revolution because there is no bloodshed, and even the poor in this country have it pretty good. The vast majority have cars, TVs, and ample education if they seek it out. So they will have a few perks withdrawn, it's not as if they will be evicted because their new tax burden will bleed them dry. __________________ "Smite the rocks with the rod of knowledge, and fountains of unstinted wealth will gush forth." - Ashbel Smith as he laid the first cornerstone of the University of Texas