In 1776, Americans went to war rather than send more of their money to Britain every time they drank a cup of tea.

In 2026, Donald Trump started a war with Iran and then forced Americans to send more of their money to Iran every time they buy gasoline. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/20/iran-oil-sanctions-trump/

Trump administration lifts sanctions on millions of barrels of Iranian oil

The Treasury Department’s authorization of the sale of Iranian crude already at sea is likely to provide revenue for Iran’s war effort against the U.S.

The Washington Post
@SeanCasten with that old time-worn justification, "Taxation without representation" which was never heard before nor since. The American revolution was a bourgeois counter revolution fought to preserve the institution of slavery. This war fits our model.