By today's standards, King George III was a very mild tyrant indeed. He taxed his American colonists at a rate of only pennies per annum. His actual impact on their personal lives was trivial. He had arbitrary power over them in law and in principle, but in fact it was seldom exercised. If you compare his rule with that of today's U.S. Government, you have to wonder why we celebrate our independence.
Thus spake the late, great Joseph Sobran
, quoted here — Missing the King
Labels: Albion, America the Beautiful, American History, Freedom, Monarchism, Tyranny