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• kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Are people under the impression that the US revolution and independence was specifically about not paying taxes? That’s some libertarian shit right there.

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  • thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s the narrative pushed In alot of schools in the USA

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    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I distinctly remember writing some report about taxation without representation, thinking it was some super important American principle. I was real confused when I learned about Puerto Rico

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    • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      alot of schools

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  • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No one ever accused Americans of being smart.

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    • TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Listen pal, I wish you were in front of me. Me and my two buddies would take you 5 to 1.

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  • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Colonists were even paying tax at a 90% discounted rate compared to those in Britain.

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• homes@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  We didn’t put paying taxes. We just quit paying unfair taxes to the Crown.

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  • TallonMetroid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    A reminder that the taxes in question were levied to recoup the costs of French and Indian War, which the colonists started.

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    • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And, which was largely fought (and won) in a way that dramatically benefitted the colonists.

      Ever wonder why there are so many places with French names just slightly inland from the original 13 US colonies have French names?

      • Bayou La Batre, Decatur, Lapine, Leroi, Mon Louis, Dauphin Island, etc. Alabama
      • Louisville, Paris, Versailles, Montpelier, etc. in Kentucky
      • Leroy, Napoleon, Montpelier, Saint Croix, etc. in Indiana
      • Bellaire, Bellefontaine, Louisville, Marietta, etc. in Ohio
      • Dubois, Duquesne, Labelle, Fort le Boeuf, Eau Claire, etc. in Pennsylvania
      • The name “Michigan” itself (originally Ojibwe, but interpreted into French), and a whole lot of parts of that state, including Detroit
      • Ozark (aux arcs), Benoit, Bellefontaine, D’Iberville etc. in Mississippi

      New France went from the Gulf of Mexico north, included all the Great Lakes, and kept going up to Hudson’s Bay. American settlers couldn’t go west without entering New France, so England fought a war to allow the expansion west. It won that war. The resulting treaty gave the British colonists in the Americas a huge amount of territory they could expand into, leaving only a small amount behind for France and its native allies.

      The British colonists in the Americas were asked to help pay for the war that gave them that opportunity to expand west, and they rebelled. And then, after the rebellion, they decided they didn’t need to abide by the terms of the British treaty with the French and took over most of the remaining land that France had been left after that war.

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    • CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Didn’t the boston tea party start because they lowered the price of legally imported (and thus taxed) tea, undermining smugglers?

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  • Denvil@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Quit paying unfair taxes to the crown

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    • thorhop@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      “No taxation without representation”. If the colonies got representatives in Parliament, that flag would look mighty different.

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  • GarboDog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    We just like how the “un fair taxes” they teach is actually way lower than the taxes US citizens have now adays.

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    • ftbd@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It really depends on what you’re getting in return. If your taxes paid for your healthcare and education, things would be different

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    • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It was also 1/10th what the British citizens were paying at the time.

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    • homes@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The checks were unfair because they went to the crown rather than back to the American people who are paying them in the first place

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• Snapz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  When we quit paying taxes… to England.

  It’s a half thought, but anything sounds deep to a giant idiot.

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• meekah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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    • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Jokes on you.

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  • dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Is this just for the memes? Or do people actually not like fireworks?

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    • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They’re boring, loud, and pointless.

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    • meekah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I can only speak for myself, but I do think fireworks should be much more regulated. Each year 10,000 people get hurt from fireworks in the US alone, and it’s pretty horrible for the environment. I do appreciate the cultural importance, so I don’t think completely banning them is the solution, but I think it would be much better if there were just a few organized firework shows, and no more fireworks for private use.

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    • Rusty@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all.

      Unless someone can invent the real equivalent of the fireworks Gandalf usef in the LoTR movie, I’m not interested.

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    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If you have a dog or a cat, it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out why some people don’t like fireworks

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    • gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I have pets and any firework related holiday I have to hole up with them all night to comfort them. And that’s just on the days I know they will have them, basically all of autumn and winter have dickgeads randomly setting off fireworks for god knows what reason. It’s hell

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• Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wait, what idiot thinks that the 4th of July is a celebration of not paying taxes?

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• callouscomic@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The U.S. literally started charging insane taxes right as the country began. They even teach Shays Rebellion in school.

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  • TheKingBee@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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• thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You know what’s also not cool. Making using fireworks illegal because it might cause a fire but don’t ban the selling of fireworks.

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  • nullspace@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Fireworks enthusiasts should take their fireworks to a fireworks range when they want to use them and keep them locked in a fireworks case when not in use.

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  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The greatest punishment from God is that the pretty fireworks that aren’t loud and annoying are also the ones most likely to cause fires

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• modus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I want to see some fireworks special interest group successfully lobby to have taxes dropped on fireworks in June.

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• 5ha99y@lemmus.org ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I see taxes as a good solidary thing but we need far stronger regulations or personal interest direction where the tax should go

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No we shouldn’t. Imagine where the taxes would go, and then understand where people would make sure they didn’t go. A shitload of people are racist, self serving, and shortsighted.

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  • MrEff@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I would rather my tax dollars don’t go to government investments of ripping Pokémon boosters and magic cards. The military would also balloon more than it already has.

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  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Suddenly 1/3 of the entire country’s budget goes to the military lmao

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• Zephyr@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Hear me out, just start a religion where fireworks are a form of religious ceremony. Although you’ll likely still pay tax on procuring the materials to manufacture the fireworks.

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  • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I once had a tabletop RPG character based on that concept.

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• HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s why I buy mine on the rez

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• chuckleslord@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Know what’s really not cool Bobby? Using ai to approximate King of the Hill when there are real King of the Hill screenshots you could’ve used.

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  • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wut?

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    • chuckleslord@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Why is this ai when there’s so much king of the hill material that isn’t? You could even use the actual screenshot from this actual scene, rather than some ai nightmare fuel

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