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A comment on On Tyranny [book].

Re:On Tyranny [book] by i_love_retros on Friday March 28, 2025 @08:17AM (#43504442)
> The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy.

what tyranny?

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Re:On Tyranny [book] by collinmcnulty on Friday March 28, 2025 @08:54AM (#43504785)
The tyranny he’s referring to is Julius Caesar, not England.
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Re:On Tyranny [book] by neo4llm on Friday March 28, 2025 @08:32AM (#43504587)
The one from the Imperial rule from the King of England (King George III), right before the American Revolution was won, in 1776.
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Re:On Tyranny [book] by i_love_retros on Friday March 28, 2025 @12:26PM (#43507273)
Modern day historians (the good ones) recognize George III wasn't a tyrant at all.

The revolutionaries just found it to be a useful story to tell to gain support.

They wanted independence to avoid helping Britain pay off the debts it accrued protecting the colonies from the French.

It's funny that Americans still buy the story that he was a tyrant.

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Re:On Tyranny [book] by alabastervlog on Friday March 28, 2025 @08:49AM (#43504741)
The East India Company undercutting prices on their smuggled tea and harming their bottom line.
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