This is strange: this piece was originally published in The New Yorker in 2017, but for some reason, they’re tweeting a link to it today. Maybe things have gotten so bad under the Biden administration that they’re dreaming of America not existing. It’s a hot take for sure, and it’s brought to us by Adam Gopnik, who asks, “what if all this was a terrible idea, and what if the injustices and madness of American life since then have occurred not in spite of the virtues of the Founding Fathers but because of them?”
Was the American Revolution such a good idea? https://t.co/MBkOUpmQBX
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 22, 2021
Yes it was.
— Jordan Hurley (@king_hurley) September 22, 2021
Yes, yes it was.
— Straight Out of Compton (@mcompton78) September 22, 2021
— Scott Dickenson (@scottddickenson) September 22, 2021
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) September 22, 2021
“We could have ended with a social-democratic commonwealth that stretched from north to south, a near-continent-wide Canada.”
If we were Canada, where would all the really talented people emigrate to?
— Joel Engel (@joelengel) September 22, 2021
Ever noticed that no one who ever wistfully wishes that we were Canada actually moves to Canada.
— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) September 22, 2021
Ever notice how all the celebrities said they were moving to Canada if Trump were elected, but none said they were moving to Mexico?
The New Yorker wasn’t a good idea
— Jim’s double chin (@Jimsdoublechin2) September 22, 2021
There’s still time to delete this
— ShermanMcCoy (@ShermanMcCoyWTF) September 22, 2021
The New Yorker wouldn't exist, which would be a plus.
— Norman Young (@NormanGYoung) September 22, 2021
“Published May 2017”
Trump really did destroy your brains
— puffnstuff (@puffnstuff16) September 22, 2021
Canadians libs scrambled to have a meaningless election and you jumped at the chance to tweet this? Okay
— Squanti 🏁 (Cries in his Toyota) (@nconti66) September 22, 2021
— adam c ❁ (@well_ya_know_) September 22, 2021
Shut up pic.twitter.com/XOLW7WZU4D
— JC (@FederalistJC) September 22, 2021
— Sith Khan (@sithkhan) September 22, 2021
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) September 22, 2021
“We could have been Canada” pic.twitter.com/Y9Bday9EQE
— Sweater Yams (@Sweater_Yams_) September 22, 2021
Screw having a monarch for a sovereign. pic.twitter.com/Ia3j1G0uP2
— James Mitchem 🇺🇸 (@JamesMitchem6) September 22, 2021
Thank you for doing King George's work, about several centuries too late.
— I'm To Blame (@im2blame4) September 22, 2021
Did King George write this
— GrassToucher (@Canigetawatwat) September 22, 2021
If not for the American revolution, Canada wouldn't exist as it does today.
— Rembrandt van Rijn (@RembrandtvanRi9) September 22, 2021
Just one of the many falsehoods in this garbage: “None of the makers of the Revolution died fighting in it.” Wrong. Dr. Joseph Warren played a key role in the beginning of the American Revolution. He was also one of it’s first casualties. He was killed at Bunker Hill.
— Holly Thornton (@beachmamax2) September 22, 2021
Also…The American Revolution made it possible for Canada & Australia to become independent. It is funny that he thinks saying that Canadians & Australians being less patriotic than Americans is a good thing.
— Holly Thornton (@beachmamax2) September 22, 2021
this is what passes as thought pieces
— TwoGunsWest (@guns_west) September 22, 2021
You are, quite simply, idiots.
— Pam (@lifebythecreek) September 22, 2021
Again, we don’t know why The New Yorker thought this needed another airing, but it’s just as stupid now as it was in 2017.
Related:
New Yorker: Sociologist says ‘Christian’ is ‘the greatest ethnic dog whistle the right has ever come up with’ because it means ‘white’ https://t.co/hQFiEPfRmK
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 13, 2021
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