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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Interesting. All revolutions are about:
A) an enigmatic political concept
b) the ability to feed your family
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You underestimate the significance and broad coverage of choice B.
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So where does, "No taxation without representation" fit into that scheme?
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That is clearly item B. That phrase has very little to do with a political system.
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Were America's founders having trouble feeding their families?
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Unjust taxation through a colonial system designed to exploit the labor and resources of far away lands and people are never sustainable. I am not sure how you disagree - I did not say things had to be at the level of starvation. To the contrary, people literally starving rarely initiate revolution.
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How about the Canadian rebellions that sought to break the family compact's influence on the political realm of Upper and Lower Canada? (I know it's a bit of a stretch to expect your understanding of Canadian history... so I'll help you... they weren't starving).
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I am not familiar with the above. But revolutions are different in my view than political movements or incremental changes through a political process.