• snooggums
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    3 months ago

    It helped spread the word of rebellion and reinforced how tyrannical the Brits were being by their reaction.

    Sometimes people need motivation and the motivating act itself does not need to be successful. This can be necessary even when everyone knows that the problems are, because someone has to take the first (or second or third) steps to motive the rest to act.

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        3 months ago

        It worked that time though. 250 years later we’re still talking about it being a inflection point. Shit even Tank Man is used as an anti-Chinese government symbol of resistance.