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  • The act, which would be enforced starting on July 1, was set to force the New England colonies to solely trade with Great Britain. Later that month, on July 20, an additional rule preventing fishing in the North Atlantic would be enforced. The Prime Minister of Great Britain, Frederick, Lord North, was hoping to make peace by also introducing the Conciliatory Proposition to Parliament on the same day. This would allow colonists to give money to Great Britain voluntarily, rather than through taxes. However, peace would not be achieved, as North had already ordered General Thomas Gage to head to Concord, Massachusetts, to seize military equipment. The plan also included arresting John Hancock and Samuel Adams. These orders arrived in Boston before the Conciliatory Proposition, leading to the first battle of the Revolutionary War at Concord Bridge.

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    1. But not every leisured aristocrat becomes bored and demoralized. For example, the emperor Hirohito, instead of sinking into decadent hedonism, devoted himself to marine biology, a field in which he became distinguished. When people do not have to exert themselves to satisfy their physical needs they often set up artificial goals for themselves. In many cases they then pursue these goals with the same energy and emotional involvement that they otherwise would have put into the search for physical necessities. Thus the aristocrats of the Roman Empire had their literary pretensions; many European aristocrats a few centuries ago invested tremendous time and energy in hunting, though they certainly didn’t need the meat; other aristocracies have competed for status through elaborate displays of wealth; and a few aristocrats, like Hirohito, have turned to science.

    he was weaving before Donald even knew about “the weave” 😂


    1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in “advanced” countries.
    1. The industrial-technological system may survive or it may break down. If it survives, it MAY eventually achieve a low level of physical and psychological suffering, but only after passing through a long and very painful period of adjustment and only at the cost of permanently reducing human beings and many other living organisms to engineered products and mere cogs in the social machine. Furthermore, if the system survives, the consequences will be inevitable: There is no way of reforming or modifying the system so as to prevent it from depriving people of dignity and autonomy.
    1. If the system breaks down the consequences will still be very painful. But the bigger the system grows the more disastrous the results of its breakdown will be, so if it is to break down it had best break down sooner rather than later.
    1. We therefore advocate a revolution against the industrial system.

    https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/unabom-manifesto-1.html