True enough that we have certainly been a lot politer with our Political scoundrels than our forefathers and foremothers were. I think those days are numbered, however. Meanwhile how do I not pay my taxes in protest when the money goes before I see it? Back when people really were free in this country, this never would have happened to them.
At the beginning of the American Revolution, a minority were in favor of war to get the Brits out. There were the Loyalists to the British Crown to deal with (who ultimately had to leave for Canada or go back home unlike now how we let our enemies remain). There were those who just didn’t want to get involved in the conflict even though they didn’t like what the Brits were doing.
King George ramped up the conflict and solidified Americans against his tyranny — what King Barry is trying to do will also bring enough of us together to get the country back...now how’s that for optimism?
Sometimes the men who fought in the American Revolution went without employment, and fought without pay for a long time. Some went hungry, and some died.
At the beginning of the American Revolution, a minority were in favor of war to get the Brits out.
But they resisted, and they fought. Our minority don't.
You say they had a minority who were in favor of war, Loyalists, and "those who just didn’t want to get involved in the conflict even though they didn’t like what the Brits were doing." Seems to me we only have categories 2 and 3. Both very, very well compensated for their submission, particularly the Loyalists who are compensated richly by the money referenced in paragraph 1 above.
As the wise old Indian said, the wolf that wins is the wolf you feed.