Comments on: Yeah, we’ll throw off the yoke https://www.isegoria.net/2018/01/yeah-well-throw-off-the-yoke/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:37:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: HCM https://www.isegoria.net/2018/01/yeah-well-throw-off-the-yoke/comment-page-1/#comment-2603588 HCM Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:17:08 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=42876#comment-2603588 I am somehow incredibly amused by this guy’s thought that rebellion from a government makes perfect sense but rebellion from a sovereign corporation is nonsensical because that would be “stealing”…

]]> By: Sam J. https://www.isegoria.net/2018/01/yeah-well-throw-off-the-yoke/comment-page-1/#comment-2603584 Sam J. Fri, 05 Jan 2018 07:28:16 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=42876#comment-2603584 I was already thinking about this before reading Kentucky Headhunter’s comment. I wonder if a large part of the American Revolution was not over coinage. The colonies had a severe shortage of coinage. Benjamin Franklin detailed a system they had for paper money in, I think, Pennsylvania based on land and bills printed to reflect that value. He told someone in England about it where he was an ambassador and immediately they wrote laws against all such issue of paper currency in the colonies. I bet it brought the whole economy to a screaming halt. If I remember correctly England required taxes be paid in hard money like gold and in turn England sent copper coins back when any money was sent to the colonies. This left them in a constant deflationary spiral and desperate for coin.

]]> By: Kentucky Headhunter https://www.isegoria.net/2018/01/yeah-well-throw-off-the-yoke/comment-page-1/#comment-2603452 Kentucky Headhunter Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:58:55 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=42876#comment-2603452 I would challenge you to show me any situation where people revolted over purely ideology without any economic reason.

I would counter-challenge Mr. Weir to show any situation where any people acted “purely” out of any reason he would wish to tackle.

]]> By: Slovenian Guest https://www.isegoria.net/2018/01/yeah-well-throw-off-the-yoke/comment-page-1/#comment-2603446 Slovenian Guest Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:20:21 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=42876#comment-2603446 I just bought the Martian paperback a few days ago. I found at the checkout line for a mere 5 EUR (6.0309 USD). You know something’s really popular when you can get it here in Elbonia. I even faked my own Andy Weir signature!

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