Fuck obsequiousness. Fuck servility. Fuck politics, intrigue, treason, the family name and all other inexcusable reasons for betrayal.
Fuck betraying human nature in the name of power, position and privilege.
Thank the Holy Lord for John Adams, John Hancock, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington.
Thank Christ for Nathanael Green, Anthony Wayne and Daniel Morgan.
I did have a thought: imagine if Henry had not broken with the Roman Catholic Church. Assuming Elizabeth was never in line for the throne, it could be argued that Jamestown was never founded. But what if it was anyway? What if Virginia – or whatever it was called – was founded as a Catholic colony on American soil?
Sadly, despite my great respect for Holy Mother Church and my deep sadness for post-Reformation world’s lack of moral absolutes, the Law of Unintended Consequences suggests that a Catholic England birthing a Catholic America would not lead to the great leaps of the Enlightenment that gave us the gift of liberty. That freedom of – or from – conscience that allowed us to become all the good and bad things we became.
As always, that Law of Unintended Consequences does tend to be a bitch.
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