In a debate with a friend over this, I’ll try to explain. She is claiming that the revolutionary war was just the rich trying to get richer and that this proves that America was built on the concept, causing the whole system to be corrupt. Is she right? I don’t think she is but maybe I’m the wrong one here? I mean yeah taxes was the whole deal but I thought it was more the whole being taxed without anyone in parliament to vouch for them that started it