It's a shame that books are no longer the primary driving force of culture. Leftist gatekeeping works so well because movies, shows, and video games cost multi-million dollars--nearly completely out of reach for the common man.
As KG has pointed out, the idea that the American Revolution was some kind of proto-communist revolt is idiocy. The Americans said repeatedly that their grievance was that they were being denied the rights of Englishmen. There's a far stronger argument to be made that the American Revolution exposed fundamental flaws in the British system that they never fixed and which haunt them to the present day.
1) Constitutional monarchy doesn't work. The Westminster system has no concept of separation of powers or checks and balances. Britain doesn't even have a constitution; they use the term "unwritten constitution," which is like calling a virgin an "unfucked chad."
In theory, the monarch has the last word and can remove a government that is abusive to the people. In practice, they never do shit. The Americans sought protection from King George against the abuses of Parliament and he did nothing. Queen Elizabeth sat idly by as libtard after libtard---Pierre Trudeau, Harold Wilson, Gough Whitlam---took apart her domains. When Rhodesia declared independence in 1965, Ian Smith appealed to the Queen to reconstitute Rhodesia as a dominion and she told him to pound sand. Like the Americans, the Rhodesians only turned to republicanism after the Crown betrayed them.
If monarchy worked in the way it's supposed to, King Charles would be making heads roll over the rape gangs. That is as clear-cut a case of negligence and abuse of power by His Majesty's Government as you can get. Instead, King Dumbo gallivants around with Queen Horseface and does nothing to protect his loyal subjects. Complain about the Constitution all you want; it's been a far better guard against libtard tyranny then the amalgamation of law, custom, and wishcasting that is the British "unwritten constitution."
2) The British have this disdain towards fellow Anglos who depart the motherland for better tides, thinking of them as dumbass colonials who should just move back if they don't like it. Parliament had no problem overruling a century of self-governance in the Thirteen Colonies---self-governance rooted in centuries-old English tradition---because they had no respect for the colonists. It wounds the soul of every Brit knowing that America, the colony that got away, surpassed them as the world's hegemon, which is why the British left loves to downplay the abuses of the British Empire (like their habit of mass bombing rebellious colonies with Indians) to tut-tut at the Yanks.
Brits carried this derisive attitude in dealing with Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans. It even informed how they responded to the Troubles. Unionists constantly complained about how London treated them as troublesome colonials, the equivalent of whites in Kenya, and were prepared to trade Ulster to Ireland to avoid dealing with the problem. The Ulster Protestants are 100 percent Irish, having roots there that extend back centuries, and assimilated into Irish culture very quickly. Many prominent loyalists, such as David Ervine and Gusty Spence, considered themselves Irish. Ian Paisley, bete noire of Catholics, considered himself an Irishman. It's obvious if you watch his speeches; his oratorical style is classic Irish gift o' the gab. The divide in Northern Ireland was not between native Irish and colonizing Brits, but between Irishmen loyal to the Crown and Irish loyal to the Republic.
Time and time again, Britain refused to take seriously the complaints of Anglos elsewhere in the world, and it doomed them. They kept trying to force black majority rule on Rhodesia and it ended with a Marxist takeover and the mass expulsion of whites. They led the charge against apartheid and now South Africa is a violent hellhole, ground zero for KILL ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE. And they ignored the reasonable pleas of Americans until we hoisted the black flag and began slitting throats.
Growing up for men in society is all about killing your inner child and turning into an emotionless Gollum so everyone around you can use you without any guilt. Your existence depends on your usefulness like a slave you don't have a right to exist if you're not useful.
Having hobbies, expectations, dreams and hopes may make one non conformist and lash out at society which is obviously not good. You have to be the perfect receiver for the pains of others if you try to rebel you'll be shamed into submission or ostracized from society
You kinda become the martyr for society's indulgences you pay for the mistakes & frivolity of others just because you are unlucky. You're born in a prison and you have to buy your way out of it.
@KaiserLoengramm And even concerning Hobbits, Tolkien was quite explicit at the beginning that while they weren’t martial as a rule, they were more than capable of throwing down if it ever came to a life or death situation
Lots of debate over the American Revolution on the TL, with people fighting over whether the Founders were proto-shitlibs and vigorously arguing over 18th century pamphlets on Parliamentary power.
The Revolution was fought over simple, legitimate reasons. Britain decided to stifle the American economy and prohibit westward expansion. The Founders declared independence so we could pursue our destiny without those impediments. The preamble to the Declaration of Independence was mostly fancy dressing on practical concerns.
It's not shitlib to want to develop your own nation independent of foreign control.
The political purpose of the left is to side with whatever is the parasite or problem in every scenario. Between pond scum and Palestine liberals see equal destructive value.