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Friendly reminder that the Boston Tea Party was about tariffs. We know what works.
Imagine what gon' happen when you try to tax our whisky.
A rebellion? Because that didn't end so well.
Imagine... Or just read how that went in 1794.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion
not sure if this also works for self-imposed tarrifs.
They're not "self-imposed" if they're illegally imposed by a tyrant.
they are if you voted the tyrant into power
I would eat the cost of gas to watch people yeeting their Switch 2’s into the harbor. Boston or Baltimore this time around?
No no no. You don’t yeet devices into the harbor that have been paid for already. You yeet unsold devices.
Exactly. The tea was sitting in the harbor because it hadn’t been sold yet. The toilet paper warehouse fire was analogous to the Boston tea party, and they’re threatening the dude with the death penalty for it.
Lmao, what? The fucking death penalty? This shit is so backwards man.
Source for death penalty claim?
Right. The tea wasn't from their homes