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minus-squareMxM111linkfedilink1•2 months ago What they were effectively asking for was self-governance, being removed from parliamentary control. Yes, how else it can be interpreted? This is what freedom is on state level - self governance.
minus-squareTheChurnlinkfedilink1•2 months ago how else can it be interpreted? As a call for representation in Parliament, the body levying taxes. The slogan wasn’t “No taxation unless we are an independent political entity”.
minus-squareMxM111linkfedilink1•2 months agoI don’t know. Since this slogan was always related to revolution against British, I always thought it was not about “gives us representation”, but about “stop taxing us, we want to be free of you”.
Yes, how else it can be interpreted? This is what freedom is on state level - self governance.
As a call for representation in Parliament, the body levying taxes.
The slogan wasn’t “No taxation unless we are an independent political entity”.
I don’t know. Since this slogan was always related to revolution against British, I always thought it was not about “gives us representation”, but about “stop taxing us, we want to be free of you”.