That's a wanton insult, if ever I heard one. It's not that I missed out on history, but that I'm all too familiar with it. There's a huge difference between sympathizing with the sentiments of the mob and understanding that mob action almost never leads to anything positive. By the time it reaches that pass, it's usually too late.
The American Revolution wasn't a mob assault on an existing order, but a structured war between two governments, predicated (on the American side) on the institution of rights that had been unjustly usurped ... a principled stand, unlike the current French mob, which is upset because its pockets have been raided, and would be just as content with any tyranny, so long as it tyrannizes in a manner seen as favorable to its own peculiar wants.
The current French mob, just FYI, has submitted a list of demands. Among them - France First. More jobs. 20% tax cut for the middle class. Stop immigration. Reject the UN mandate for immigration. No govt subsidies for the press.
They also have plans which they have made public.
I guess that Boston Tea Party was a big mistake. I also guess when it gets tough here you’ll be home in your easy chair. Freedom is fought for by people who are out on the streets. Every American should be supporting these French yellow vests.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1919130.pdf?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3143703?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
“The American Revolution wasn’t a mob assault on an existing order, but a structured war between two governments...”
But it didn’t start out that way. The Continental Congresses came AFTER there were riots in the streets and uprisings in the countryside and backwoods. The protests began over taxes, which hit everyone’s pocketbooks, only after wards did the colonial political leadership come to see that those taxes, and the measures to collect them, and the response of the British Gov’t to resistance to collecting the money, were an infringement of the rights of self-government which they had hitherto enjoyed. That is why the Tea Parties (which took place in more than just Boston) began, even though taxed tea cost less than smuggled tea without taxes.