Three spirits who really really need to visit this year: whiskey, rum and brandy. Alcohol: the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems (Homer Simpson)
A problem with Trump is he never bothered to learn anything about the history of our country in relation to the rest of the world. History has a way of repeating itself and his psychopathy and narcissism prevents him from seeing correlations and consequences and taking appropriate actions.
its less eurocentrism and more not considering american independence to be a proper revolution but a mere separatist conflict that saw a native settler faction of the imperial elite break off
They do look interesting, but the American Revolution would be the perfect and logical start to the Age of Revolutions as it is 1) the first in the cluster and 2) perhaps the most influential as Lafayette helped US then went home where confronted with his own because it spread.
You can read Dr Gerald Horne's book on falsehood of 1776. There's one on Texas also, The Counter Revolution of 1836. He teaches at the university of Houston in Texas and lives there, at least for now. 🧐
Aw, so at the end of the book Scrooge becomes a changed man and immediately starts posting online how outraged he is that Tiny Tim is starving to death?
All essential reading regardless of your political views. I loved all of his work and it gave me a level of understanding I wouldn't have had with his work.
"In the annals of history, we see countless rulerships and battles, each marked by blood and tears. Yet, the hard-won freedoms they fought for are often taken for granted. When we fail to respect these sacrifices, we risk having to fight for those freedoms ourselves once again."
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