• The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    14 hours ago

    also. can we stop mythologizing the Massachusetts colony as being our national origin. the first english speaking colonists in the Virginia colony trying to make a quick buck through violence and deceit. yeah, the Massachusetts played a role in our modern christofascist imagery, but this whole thing has from the outset been about money and we can’t do anything about that until we confront that

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      9 hours ago

      No one conflates this.

      Massachusetts is the origin of our physically rejecting the colonial regime. The Revolution starts in the Boston harbor.

      The colony starts in Jamestown VA.

      Everyone knows this. No one is saying otherwise. This is off topic for this thread.