The reading titled Tyranny is Tyranny is about early American history before and the beginning of its independence. It illustrates the problems the colonies faced under the ruling of Britan with taxes. In the article, it stated, “so, the American leadership was less in of English rule, the English more in need of the colonists’ wealth” (pg.60). This shows one of the major problems that made the 13 colonies freedom from Britan, causing a rise in revolts. This problem, however, does not end with freedom from Britan, because the U.S. seems to still not understand taxation and the entirety of its effects, as the poor stayed poor and the rich stayed rich due to taxation. This again lead to riots.
What I found most interesting however, was the analysis of the paper does on The Declaration of Independence. It highlights the statement, “all men are created equal” and how the word “men” was not used as an umbrella term from all people, rather specifically used to not include women. It is also important to point out of course the lack of inclusion of other races, identities, and social classes even if the statement did not say, “wealthy white men.”
The article at the end also points of the inequalities seen when it came to be having to serve and how one could get out of it by “paying for substitutions.” This leads me to ask, in our society and government today, what are some things that deliberately or non-deliberately exclude minorities and that in effect allow the privileged to be a foot ahaed of the game like in the case of paying to not go to war?
American colonialists pushed the narrative of the British rulers being the ones who needed the Americans and their newfound wealth. When it came to full independence and complete human rights, men were the only ones who were promised the truth.
I believe that in the world of today, the system still stands as it was originally designed: to benefit some and to be a detriment to others. In particular, the means by which the U.S. government operates is a prime example of the system not being “broken” yet is having been deliberately built to tear anyone down who is not wealthy, white, openly heterosexual, and a man.
I agree with how some of those originating sayings and laws promoting discrimination are still around today. In the DOI when it talks about how all men were created equal and it states men because women were not even considered valuable and important was merely a reminder of how there is still today an imbalance between the genders in society and that is not even the worst inequality present.