The American Revolution was fought under the banner of ‘Taxation without representation is tyranny”.
Meaning that the first Americans saw taxes as money well spent, as long as paying said taxes allowed them to vote. As in ‘being able to determine their own future’. Albeit in a collective manner.
In fewer words, the early Americans viewed liberty as being valuable enough to die for, let alone to spend some money in order to maintain it.
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And what made so many modern Americans willing to sell their hard won ability to vote? To determine their future?
Are they so poor that, for them, liberty has become an empty word?
Have they lost all confidence in the democratic process?
Are they so infatuated with money?
Any mix of all of the above?
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