Posted on 11/05/2023 5:04:20 AM PST by rktman
1776. A world for thousands of years ruled by kings, emperors, and nobility—the “elite.” Peasants and slaves were nonentities. A world where those “above” you didn’t just have authority over you, they were BETTER than you. The king, the nobility, got their rights from God—"divine right monarchy.” “I'm the king because God made me king. Therefore, I am superior to you, and you must obey me.” That is the world that Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and James Madison were born into. That is the world that they knew and that is the world they rebelled against.
Our Founders were overturning thousands of years of human history when they said, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” After 250 years of this being what American civics is (supposed to be) about, countless Americans today have absolutely no idea, no conception of what our Founders faced, of what they really did, of what they gave us. Too many American know nothing of what these great men meant when they said “all men are created equal,” and the world they were protesting against. This was totally revolutionary in 1776. They were turning the world upside down.
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Those pouring in have no appreciation for 1776. It is the end of the US.
Poor people with nothing left to lose will - or for the cause of any carnival barker (communist) who comes along promising them something better.
This may be a high number but I believe perhaps 15% of us have a clue. The other 85%? Tik tok, kardouchians, nfl, nba, latest nikes.............. You know, all the important stuff.
During the Revolution 1/3 were for the war, 1/3 were against it, and 1/3 were neutral.
The English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution had already established that the King’s right to rule was not from God, but was more a social contract between the King and Parliament, with the Parliament in a superior position.
In Chinese philosophy the Emperor rules by the Mandate of Heaven, where Heaven is not exactly the same as God. If the Emperor is deposed because of misrule, he is said to have lost the Mandate of Heaven. Thus, Emperors are sensitive to the mood of the people as well as important military and civil adminstrators.
Yup. My kin folk were in the 1/3 for it and fought in it. So to the against it/neuters, you’re welcome. LOL!
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I take the opportunity to explain the importance of assimilation, and I used my time in Germany as an example: I learned to speak the language, lived off base, learned the culture.
I pulled no punches: if you want to be an American, learn how to become an American. For example, you need to know the distinction between Veterans Day and Memorial Day. It's not an easy process.
This week, I dressed up as Colonel Sanders for Halloween. Won the Best Costume at my office, too. We rarely have kids stopping at our house, so I drove a few blocks over to hand out candy. I was flummoxed when several parents asked me, "who are you?" And I was carrying a KFC bucket.
It was completely different when I stopped to get dinner at KFC. LOL, the employees went crazy, the cashier took my picture. A customer asked me, "is this a promotional stunt?" It was great fun.
“Poverty” is relative. Today’s poor can afford and are even given things to improve and ease their lives that kings and queens of the past—for all their wealth and power—could not even dream about.
The mistake is in the assumption that ‘new’ Americans from third world ####holes give a crap about our heritage or about the ideals and sacrifices that our forefathers made. There were just “old dead white men” according to the invaders. But neoCON scum will be along shortly to tell us how “we just need to teach the invaders about muh free markets and muh corporate tax cuts” and then they’ll be as American as apple pie.
The American Revolution wasn’t started and run by peasants. It was started and run by the upper class and the middle class. Washington, Jefferson, Lee were wealthy planters. One of the Madison was a lawyer. Franklin, J. Adams and Henry were business owners. S. Adams was a Harvard educated government bureaucrat and career politician.
To suggest that the American revolution was an uprising of the proletariat is just wrong. It was substituting a local elite for a distant elite.
As earlier, maybe 15% of folks have a clue. I lived in the UK when my dad was stationed there. Early 60’s. Saw plenty not “ugly Americans”. Milbrats at that time knew (mostly) we were the visitors and adjusted accordingly. Had some awesome fun. I was in the 13-15 age group then. 😁👍
John Adams was a lawyer. He (courageously and controversially) defended British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, and had a great deal of input in the Massachusetts Constitution, which preceded the Country’s.
Read “The Blazing Century” by Healey. It covers the 1600s
and the English Civil War, Cromwell and the Restoration. A lot of the political ideas percolating in the minds of the founding fathers appear to have had a genesis there.
Wow, what a great time to live in the UK!
Blame the Educational Mafia. They don’t trach it anymore.
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