I’m tired of hearing people in right wing spaces suggesting that America wouldn’t be in its current predicament he we not left the British Empire via our war for independence in 1775.

We actually know what America would be like had we not had our war for independence, because there’s a living example of that just north of our border in the form of modern Canada. Canada is experiencing most of the same problems we are in the USA. We fortunately have a Bill of Rights thats still really worth something, that’s the biggest difference. It’s objectively a good thing for Americans, which makes our 18th century victory over the British Empire objectively a positive thing. It was unequivocally worth it!

So if anyone says that 1776 (actually 1775) was a mistake, and that we’d be better off under the previous system, remind them that a version of America that didn’t go down that route already exists.

P.S. I’m not trying to bash Canada here. I genuinely support Canadian nationalism. I think both brotherly nations (America and Canada) have a lot to learn from each other.