New York Times :: Armies of Consumers: 1776's Secret Weapon?
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> Deceptively simple, [Breen's] argument goes like this: two
> and a half million strong and scattered along 1,800 miles of
> coastline, the colonists had little in common besides a
> weakness for what Samuel Adams derisively termed "the
> Baubles of Britain." When Britain imposed stiff taxes on this
> appetite for stuff — without granting any political represent-
> ation — Americans responded with an ingenious invention
> with instant and widespread appeal: the consumer boycott.
> By the time the First Continental Congress was convened
> in September 1774, transforming mass consumer mobili-
> zation into a successful political rebellion was a relatively
> straightforward task.

And wherefore conservatives should be careful about pissing off gays with gratuitous constitutional amendments.
posted by Tomohiro Idokoro @ 9:56 AM

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