Talking to a friend about the GOP whining about 'whose statue is next, George Washington?' I went back and looked up the Shay and Whiskey Rebellions, because I know I was taught about them multiple times in multiple grades' history classses, but knew not one detail about why.
Turns out the one was over banks and lenders reposessing people…
Talking to a friend about the GOP whining about 'whose statue is next, George Washington?' I went back and looked up the Shay and Whiskey Rebellions, because I know I was taught about them multiple times in multiple grades' history classses, but knew not one detail about why.
Turns out the one was over banks and lenders reposessing people's farms and homes. The 'rebels' blocked courthouses to prevent evictions. Like we're literally doing in New Orleans now. The other was a regressive tax meant to raise money off poorer farmers in the 'west' (like, Western PA and Ohio at that point) while letting the wealthier merchants and farmers back east skate. It also had the effect of advantaging wealthier eastern farmers, letting them buy up and buy out those poorer farmers.
Like, George Washington's first acts as president were essentially murdering Occupy/anti-eviction protestors. They even passed a law preventing anyone sympathetic to the Shays rebellion from running for office to prevent a reckoning like BLM folks are trying to make happen running in Ferguson elections.
All this is to say, I've come around on accelerationism. Ain't shit gonna change in this country. Lets start over with a new one.
Talking to a friend about the GOP whining about 'whose statue is next, George Washington?' I went back and looked up the Shay and Whiskey Rebellions, because I know I was taught about them multiple times in multiple grades' history classses, but knew not one detail about why.
Turns out the one was over banks and lenders reposessing people's farms and homes. The 'rebels' blocked courthouses to prevent evictions. Like we're literally doing in New Orleans now. The other was a regressive tax meant to raise money off poorer farmers in the 'west' (like, Western PA and Ohio at that point) while letting the wealthier merchants and farmers back east skate. It also had the effect of advantaging wealthier eastern farmers, letting them buy up and buy out those poorer farmers.
Like, George Washington's first acts as president were essentially murdering Occupy/anti-eviction protestors. They even passed a law preventing anyone sympathetic to the Shays rebellion from running for office to prevent a reckoning like BLM folks are trying to make happen running in Ferguson elections.
All this is to say, I've come around on accelerationism. Ain't shit gonna change in this country. Lets start over with a new one.
How bleak and accurate.