Or is the variable of the government's use of force the difference?
Maybe they felt there was some sanctuary being physically distant from the monarchy, and it gave them the confidence to make a stand?
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Or is the variable of the government's use of force the difference?
Maybe they felt there was some sanctuary being physically distant from the monarchy, and it gave them the confidence to make a stand?
I may be able to give a little insight, My direct ancestor was a Minute Man Patriot that fought the Loyalist Red Coats at Kings Mountain in 1780 with two of his cousins and kicked their asses bad. The attitude is in my DNA. The "long train of abuses" going on in the 1700's largely amounted to British taxation of Colonial Commerce. It evolved very fast with more and more direct tyrannical control. The tipping point about Taxation without Representation was when King George banned guns by the Colonists and sent Red Coat forces to the Colonies. That was early 1770's. That triggered our push for official Independence from the Crown. The ocean expanse was very relevant. The King was 3000 miles away dictating to Colonies and we had always felt we were pretty much on own own. After King's Mountain, Cornwallis turned back south to Charlestown and that turned the tide of the war. He was not able to re-enforce the Northern Redcoat regiments. We fought from "Tree and Brush" (British Reports) with our Kentucky long rifles, it was on like Donkey Kong.
Not much has actually changed over 260 years, we have Globalist Tyranny in Europe trying to dictate (the Reset). To me, the reasons are the same, we are "The Grand Experiment" in Freedom and Liberty. No civilization before or since has centered on Individual Freedom except the United States of America.
Edit Tidbit: Daniel Boone himself organized the Colonial Militia in that region, Kentucky and Carolina.
I think my purpose is to brainstorm on how to rediscover that dynamic. Consider, if the American "idea" originated in England, and there was no "new world" across the Atlantic, could the movement have succeeded if the monarchy was right on top of them? Crazy as it may seem, I think that's the situation now. . . crazy, because we represent those who want to uphold Constitutional law and national sovereignty. It's like all the elements and roles are inverted.
Consider, to me the Globalist Tyranny is equivalent to King George and the bozo' Americans who support it are equivalent to the Colonial Loyalists who fought for King George.
The US is equivalent to the Colonies who forge their own path. The Crown wasn't right on top of the Colonies until late 1760's-70's. The prior 100 years we forged our own way as British Subjects, pretty much left alone except for Commerce taxation by the Crown.
But the geographical dynamic is different, and I think it was a major part of the success of the AR. We don't have that advantage today. And not only that, but we are a socially dysfunctional people now as well.
I was born with that dynamic.
Simply put - they had the stones for it. Too many people are WAP but also don't have an ingrained sense of life's value in the context of freedom/responsibility and purpose.
I don't know if that's fully it. I think nobody wants to get Waco'd by the government.
Because the rope is humane compared to being thrown into a rape tank full of Joggers, and their wives and daughters wouldn't call the Red Coats on them the moment they left the house.
No one in this era can truly appreciate freedom until it’s taken away. This is what we must guard against. The slow and incremental erosion of our rights make this acceptable to many because they don’t see or feel it all at once. They are taking our rights away, make no mistake. Right now we still have the ballot box. We must insure integrity at the next election, then we will prevail.
They tasted freedom and knew what was needed to keep it.
It's courage and understanding that hard decisions need to be made and followed through, no matter what.
Modern patriots are made comfortable, even in tyranny. Notice how they never stopped us from getting food during COVID? If you are comfortable you will accept anything. In those times even being free wasn't always comfortable. They knew life was hard. We don't.
You have to remember that back then when someone left your presence and you said goodbye, it was likely forever.
We take that for granted now because very few people die like back then.
Yeah, but if anything, it seems like people fear death more now. Life is too good to die short.
Communication over distance took weeks, even months, and even then was unreliable and difficult to trust
When you need solutions now, you can't wait for a carefully written letter to maybe make it across the Atlantic Ocean twice
And you resent having to sacrifice your labor for their comfort.
I feel like one major advantage they had was the formation of a coalition while matching the war technology of the British. We are far from matching the government's ability to use force now.
That's not necessarily true. You can pretty much buy anything you want with a 250 dollar Federal License. We have roughly 20-30 million hardened veterans with skillz. To me a 60 ton tank is a road block paper weight.
You falsely assume our military, which are sworn to protect us and the Constitution, will follow unlawful orders and fire on us. I don't believe that for one second.
When it comes to political views, the military is very milquetoast, in my opinion. I talk to a few, and they typically like to copout and say they're libertarians (but maybe they vote republican). This is like 7 or 8 out of 10, at least. Most don't seem to take a principled stand, or care at all about social issues. Then you have the revamping that's going on and who knows what the mentality of the military will be in 10 or 20 years. This retarded generation is on deck to defend America.
Don't worry, you will know when it's really time for War.
They knew what freedom meant. Some Americans have forgotten, some were never taught.
Why pussy out with the disclaimer at the beginning? You asked a simple, straightforward question. Don’t play their game. No offense intended.
Well, words matter, right? Without that, I think people might think "this glows." I can't prove my identity outright with my words, so I have to use just the right ones and hope for the best.