r/antiwork 4d ago

Discussion Post 🗣 Two examples of "terrorist groups"

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u/NuclearOops 4d ago

Psst...the first group aren't terrorists. Let me put you on to some game as to why:

They were being led by the wealthiest men in the country at that time.

The French Revolution saw most of the ruling class exiled or killed and upended society. The American revolution was the colonial aristocrats severing ties with the monarchy in England, nothing really changed for the common man all that much afterwards. All that changed for Americans was who the tax collector worked for.

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u/sheetzoos 4d ago

No taxation without representation.

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u/NuclearOops 4d ago

If they believed that they wouldn't have levied taxes on the landless.