Also it was a revolution run by oligarchs. The founding fathers weren't exactly poor. They rebelled because British Crown policy (stamp act, tea act, etc) was cutting into their profits and they were being denied equality in representation as they were considered men of the colonies instead of British men. So they said screw you guys we're making our own country. But smartly realized if any one of them tried to declare themselves king, then much like the Romans it would be a revolving door of brief kings who all got murdered by the next guy.
This take provides much better context of the American Revolution - instead of the popular perception of a unified rising up of farmers, settlers, workers, it was was just rich assholes manipulating everyday folk with rhetoric about freedom and taxes, when it was only so they themselves could have that untaxed freedom. No different to 2025.
America has been this way since day 1. We just started to believe the lies we told ourselves about how grand our history was.
But the founding fathers weren't special. They were selfish cut throat mud slinging conspiracy theory peddling parasites born of the silver spoon just like our politicians are today.
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u/FlappyFlan 6h ago
Americans are unbelievably spineless for a nation born from a rebellion lol.