"Mad they had to pay taxes" completely obfuscates (probably in bad faith) the fact that colonists had no say in what that taxation went toward, and the people who _did_ lived thousands of miles away before any real communication infra even existed. It's right there in the name. The way you speak about "conspiracy theory farmers" reveals your real agenda, which is to push narrative-snark bemoaning the origins of our country (even if it's at the expense of the historical truth).
If I smoke and I tell you smoking causes cancer, will you disbelieve me?
It's actually a strange form of argument from authority: you don't follow your own rule, and I believe your honest self that I think you're showing by not following it.
If anything it should tell you something that a guy who is milking the system says the system is broken. That at least is a first hand witness.
It's weird that the existence of ultra privileged positions somehow gives you the thought that therefore America is fine the way it is. It's clear for the remainder of America they'd be better off elsewhere in the western world. They'd be better off fighting for their situation.