re: #116 sattv4u2

But thats not what you stated, nor is it what we were discussing

I pointed out that the original Tea Party was justified as it was an act to free themselves from tyranny: namely taxation without representation.

You are correct in that they were not under a “foreign” power, but it was a colonial power. You can split that hair as finely as you would like.

And the US government put a lot of stock in reminding us that out military was in the Middle East to “restore/build democracy”, which as I last read, has a lot to do with establishing representative government.