If they taught Shays Rebellion in your middle/high school, you went to a much better school than I
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callouscomic@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
The U.S. literally started charging insane taxes right as the country began. They even teach Shays Rebellion in school.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 2 months ago
TheKingBee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The whole story only makes sense through the propaganda lens, brave freedom fighters against an oppressive government taxing them for no reason.
Then you read the actual context and it’s a bunch of new aristocracy high on slave money mad that the empire refuses to let them expand past the boarders established in a war that benefited them and they are now having to pay taxes for.