Random Politics Stuff Thread...

[Genghis Khan]

Hancock might have been the richest man in the colonies at the time. What a dumb bitch.

 

[Plan9Misfit]

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That’s not what the American Revolution was about. At all. In fact, many of our founding fathers were incredibly wealthy.

 

[Cujo]

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Unfortunately, Americans at the time did not have the luxury of signaling their virtue against the elites, There would never have been a revolution without them.

Many key leaders were wealthy elites:


• John Hancock: One of the richest merchants in New England; inherited a major import-export business.


• Robert Morris: Often called the richest man in America by 1775; a merchant and financier who personally bankrolled much of the war effort.


• George Washington: Wealthy Virginia planter with tens of thousands of acres, expanded through land speculation and marriage.


• Benjamin Franklin: Self-made but became extremely successful as a printer, publisher, and land speculator—one of the wealthiest Americans.


• Other prominent figures like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were from the planter elite.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I'm confused... You guys don't think she cares about the truth, do you?

 

[Cotton]

I'm confused... You guys don't think she cares about the truth, do you?

I know I sound like a broken record but the truth is very inconvenient for those people.

 

[Cujo]

I'm confused... You guys don't think she cares about the truth, do you?

They’re just so full of shit, it never ceases to amaze me.

 

[Cotton]

 

[Plan9Misfit]

The only one on that list that is accurate is recession, as the economic definition is two consecutive quarters of negative growth. Everything else is bullshit.