IMO, the 1776 rally cry is too often used as a crutch, to serve as a sort of mental consolation.

"Don't worry, if things get too bad, we can always pull a 1776."

Meanwhile the stove keeps getting hotter and hotter. We allow more and more of our freedoms and liberties to slip away.

• If it's not mass unrest and upheaval?
• If it's not mandated lock-downs?
• If it's not forced bankruptcies?
• If it's not <xyz>...?

Not realizing that, inadvertently, it's possible we may have been using the threat of 1776 to justify our own continued inaction.

IMO, the 1776 rally cry is too often used as a crutch, to serve as a sort of mental consolation.

"Don't worry, if things get too bad, we can always pull a 1776."

Meanwhile the stove keeps getting hotter and hotter. We allow more and more of our freedoms and liberties to slip away.

If it's not mass unrest and upheaval? If it's not mandated lock-downs? If it's not forced bankruptcies? If it's not <xyz>...?

Not realizing that, inadvertently, it's possible we may have been using the threat of 1776 to justify our own continued inaction.