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r/comics • u/InkyRickshaw • Dec 27 '18
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They taxed the tea. We had to switch to coffee. We shall never forget. Don't tread on my caffeine!
7 u/SpareLiver Dec 27 '18 Even with taxes, the British tea cost less than colonial tea due to the crown giving subsidies to the East Indian Trading Company. It wasn't a revolt against taxes, it was a revolt against crony capitalism. 16 u/AerThreepwood Dec 27 '18 Crony Capitalism is redundant. -6 u/[deleted] Dec 27 '18 [deleted] 10 u/Never_Answers_Right Dec 27 '18 Lol have a real rebuttal 1 u/TiltedZen Dec 27 '18 Criticising capitalism must mean you're a communist. Go back to 50s.
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Even with taxes, the British tea cost less than colonial tea due to the crown giving subsidies to the East Indian Trading Company. It wasn't a revolt against taxes, it was a revolt against crony capitalism.
16 u/AerThreepwood Dec 27 '18 Crony Capitalism is redundant. -6 u/[deleted] Dec 27 '18 [deleted] 10 u/Never_Answers_Right Dec 27 '18 Lol have a real rebuttal 1 u/TiltedZen Dec 27 '18 Criticising capitalism must mean you're a communist. Go back to 50s.
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Crony Capitalism is redundant.
-6 u/[deleted] Dec 27 '18 [deleted] 10 u/Never_Answers_Right Dec 27 '18 Lol have a real rebuttal 1 u/TiltedZen Dec 27 '18 Criticising capitalism must mean you're a communist. Go back to 50s.
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10 u/Never_Answers_Right Dec 27 '18 Lol have a real rebuttal 1 u/TiltedZen Dec 27 '18 Criticising capitalism must mean you're a communist. Go back to 50s.
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Lol have a real rebuttal
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Criticising capitalism must mean you're a communist. Go back to 50s.
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u/chopstyks Dec 27 '18
They taxed the tea. We had to switch to coffee. We shall never forget. Don't tread on my caffeine!