(07-11-2023, 01:53 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(07-11-2023, 01:13 PM)mikesez Wrote: Maybe.  That's not how history works though.  He would have experienced 20th and 21st century life, so who knows what conclusions he came to.  It's not so remarkable that Sam Adams said what he said.  Every age has had people speaking against the elites.  What's remarkable is that what he was saying made sense to enough of the masses and caused them to think it was better to risk their lives in battle than accept the status quo.  The same message makes sense to very few people today because we have taxation with representation, rather than without.

Man, that hole in the ground you keep your head buried in must be really comfortable.