Thread by @JeremiahEXE

People point to the American Revolution as an example of tyranny reduction.

While it's true that it did get some of the British out of the colonies, what can't be logically said is that tyranny reduced.

Sure, government seemed small for a bit, but not for long. Seeds planted.

That "small government" gave people patriotic pride, and spurred nationalism that still exists today.

But the government immediately expanded to cover as much of the continent as possible, increasing power dramatically.

More power meant more laws and higher taxes than ever.

And let's not forget that for a certain group of people, there was no small government at all, and the concepts of liberty and justice were only for the people "in the house".

It was always a system of disproportionate power, whereby man lived at the expense of man.

And while this government grew, they could count on a pacified populace, kept sedated by an alleged bill of rights in an alleged constitution which allegedly preserved their liberty, even while more and more of it was being destroyed on a daily basis.

"WE'RE FREE", said Sheep.

The truth is, this government was never interested in being small, and the smallest governments always turn into the biggest governments, because they can count on people remembering the good times when they were told it would have been small. At least for them.

A religious myth

The state is a parasite; it feeds on people's desire for freedom, while stripping it away from them. Fighting one government with the goal of instating another will never result in freedom. It's not the method by which the revolution takes place which results in its success...

...whether it be peaceful or not. It's the end goal, and commitment of the people to retain total freedom, with no compromises, which will result in a truly free society. Trying to find a middle ground between freedom and slavery will always result in slavery. Learn from history.