That’s certainly one explanation for this:
The American Revolution was a mistake http://t.co/nppvvikWaR pic.twitter.com/uNetvKYrWt
— Vox (@voxdotcom) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/dylanmatt/status/616637523071250432
OK, OK … we’re gluttons for punishment. We’ll bite:
This July 4th, I’m celebrating by taking a plane from the US to the United Kingdom. The timing wasn’t intentional, but I embrace the symbolism. American independence in 1776 was a monumental mistake. We should be mourning the fact that we left the United Kingdom, not celebrating.
Of course, evaluating the wisdom of the American Revolution means dealing with counterfactuals. As any historian would tell you, this is messy business. We obviously can’t be entirely sure how America would have fared if it had stayed in the British Empire longer, perhaps gaining independence a century or so later, along with Canada.
But I’m reasonably confident a world where the revolution never happened would be better than the one we live in now, for three main reasons: slavery would’ve been abolished earlier, American Indians would’ve faced rampant persecution but not the outright ethnic cleansing Andrew Jackson and other American leaders perpetrated, and America would have a parliamentary system of government that makes policymaking easier and lessens the risk of democratic collapse.
We knew this was coming. RT @voxdotcom: The American Revolution was a mistake http://t.co/PmE9sP001h pic.twitter.com/e4C5dpjiYV
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) July 2, 2015
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Yeah, we did. And is it clickbait? Sure. But that doesn’t make it any less mind-numbingly boneheaded.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/616641702330245122
Vox Editors: "We need to juice the traffic numbers before the long slow weekend. Someone write something stupid." @dylanmatt: "ON IT."
— RBe (@RBPundit) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/616641191958986753
@voxdotcom The hottest of… [shoots self in face]
— Roger Mexico (@roger_mexico) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/616640354390011904
When I say "hot take," I mean it like how people's brain cells die when it's way too hot –http://t.co/SkkW8oFGEL pic.twitter.com/fcWHkOACOn
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair ? (@senatorshoshana) July 2, 2015
@JohnEkdahl @voxdotcom This was one of the stupidest things I've ever read.
— Neva the #1 American elbow doctor of New Jersey (@pipandbaby) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/decktonic/status/616645764786311168
Peak Vox: “3 Reasons the American Revolution was a Mistake.” http://t.co/12NRz6SPOB
— Peter Cook (@_Peter_Cook) July 2, 2015
Was http://t.co/0bonSmJvxF all three reasons? https://t.co/C7Bx80X0nC
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/616641000434479104
You guys finally ran out of "stuff", huh?https://t.co/xhQagLr1uq @voxdotcom
— Max Q ⚡ (@Randy_Shannon) July 2, 2015
.@voxdotcom pic.twitter.com/mHYDVwzboq
— Max Q ⚡ (@Randy_Shannon) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/emmbee1002/status/616643483944808456
Give yourselves a big hand!
.@JohnEkdahl Since the American Revolution led to a society where something like @voxdotcom could exist, then maybe they have a point
— Angus T. Kirk (@angusparvo) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/616654179977809920
https://twitter.com/MiscAlaynieous/status/616640424984207360
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/616639872074252288
Please don't board your return flight https://t.co/RGdj5A2TBk
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/616640207417274368
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