"We hold these truths to be self evident - that all men are created equal. But when I meet Thomas Jefferson, I'ma compel him to include women in the sequel, work!".

Man that lyric slapped hard and I'm just now realizing that if it were the N-word, it'd slap hard but be horribly historically inaccurate, as Angelica Schuyler kept many slaves. As did Thomas Jefferson.

Why do you think they wanted independence?

It was the rich wanting to get more rich from the get go. Everything else was a smoke screen.

Yes in a weird way, I take heart in knowing that America’s politics have been super fucked up for most of its history. I know that sounds odd but most people I know seem to think things have just suddenly turned bad recently. I think maybe they were born during a brief respite is all. And I do think that with the fuller context, the arc of history bends in the right direction, yes, albeit with famous latency.