The truth is, King George’s Britain was in many ways, a better, freer country than either the US or Britain is today...
>The truth is, King George’s Britain was in many ways, a better, freer country than either the US or Britain is today...
I tend to agree, if only because words meant things back then. {As opposed to today where questioned leaders say “it depends on the meaning of ‘is’” when they don’t merely laugh and say “are you serious?”}
Take off you hat and bow at the waist when you say that.
With the extent of today’s technology, I don’t think you can really compare the two.
Although, today, both countries live in a near police state.
Nonsense. In George III's Britain, today's Tea Party protesters would have been punished severely, just as they would have in Boston in 1774 if they would have been captured.
Remember, the British Army took over Boston, closed the port, and imposed martial law as a result of the first 'Tea Party.' The British march to Lexington & Concord was to not only take away the militia's weapons, but also to arrest patriot leaders such as Handcock and Adams who had fled Boston to avoid capture, deportation to England for trial, and quite possibly execution.
In George IIIs time, people in Britain were still being imprisoned and even executed for criticizing the King or Parliament.
Don't overstate your position. It's not good today, but it is nothing like 18th century Britain.