My controversial opinion:
The Americans were the bad guys during the American Revolution.
Not that the British were great—they were awful—just that the American colonists were demonstrably worse.
You see, British bankrolled the entire French & Indian War. When the Brits raised taxes on American colonists so they would pay their fair share of the costs, Americans got all hot and bothered—rebelled just so they wouldn’t pay for a war they materially already benefitted from.
And what was the end result? Americans pay more taxes now than the British ever asked from colonists.
“Oh, but we don’t have a King!”
You have something worse: an Imperial Presidency with less accountability than the British Royal Family.
So much for “freedom”!
Chris Trottier
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2026-04-24 02:20:12 UTC
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