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Clown Population. The clowns inside the White House are only a small fraction of a total society of mock for mock, reactionary mocking, clowns. The entire nation is a "basket case of clowning around" on social machines / HDTV media machines / mockery.

People like to play a game of psychological denial and say ONLY MAGA is the clowns, only the White House is the clowns. It's the entire population of Untied States of America.

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Clown Population. The clowns inside the White House are only a small fraction of a total society of mock for mock, reactionary mocking, clowns. The entire nation is a "basket case of clowning around" on social machines / HDTV media machines / mockery.

People like to play a game of psychological denial and say ONLY MAGA is the clowns, only the White House is the clowns. It's the entire population of Untied States of America.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The East India Company (EIC) had a monopoly on the tea trade. The colonials had no choice but to pay the price for tea set by the EIC. Imagine having a corporation with it's own military, you know, a cartel, telling a whole city that they have to buy tea at an outrageous price like $100 a pound. The colonists had to pay much more than the tea was really worth which meant giving up more of their own locally produced goods. On top of that, the King imposed an additional tax on the exchange. Refusing to buy the tea wasn't an option. If you don't buy it, the EIC will blockade the port with war ships. The EIC demanded that the tea be unloaded before they would drop the blockade. So, the colonists unloaded it, into the harbor.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Ah, thanks. I know the Boston Tea Party started the American revolution and that people threw boxes with tea from ships, but I never quite understood why.