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[–] carlip 4 points -3 points (+1|-4) ago 

He was self serving and manipulative. He lied and cheated to get his post in the military. He threw his soldiers under the bus to save his ass when caught by the British. Once they won the war over a 3% tea tax they immediately imposed a 25% whiskey tax to pay their war then washington used the military to put down the rebellion against that whiskey tax. Fuck Washington and everyone one of them until Andrew Jackson.

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[–] irradiated_toaster 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

No one cared about the taxes, it was the taxation without representation.

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[–] bb22 ago 

It was more complicated than that. The real impetus from the upper classes of colonial society was a bunch of predatory debt schemes. This is why Washington and Jefferson were both in debt, like many of the southern planter class. The British were trying to control our currency’s value and generally treating us like servants, denying us of our rights under English common law. Frontiersmen felt betrayed because the British weren’t doing enough to stop Indian raids. Many people had many different complaints.

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[–] DanielR [S] 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

"He was self serving and manipulative. He lied and cheated to get his post in the military"

So does everyone who achieved anything in their life

I understand your frustration, but you must learn from his example, if we are to defeat our enemies we need to learn from others in history how to.

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[–] bb22 ago 

What’s your problem with Jefferson?

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[–] carlip ago 

he pussied out on life liberty and property changing it instead to what we see today, "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness", all because he couldn't consolidate slavery and humanity. he didn't want to be responsible for saying slaves were property. despite owning many slaves. fuck jefferson.