Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was first printed 250 years ago today!

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sheetsadam1 — 2 months ago(January 10, 2026 09:23 PM)

The pamphlet that kicked off the American Revolution, written by our best and most progressive Founding Father!
And you can read it online here!
https://oll.libertyfund.org/pages/1776-paine-common-sense-pamphlet
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soapbox original gangster — 2 months ago(January 10, 2026 09:28 PM)

CS quite a good piece of political theory. paine used a whole bunch of different arguments and examples. i assigned this as a reading in american political thought class and then realized that the students were dumber than vienna sausages when they couldnt analyze Paine's arguments, as straightforward as those arguments are
Jefferson clearly read this and shamelessly plagiarized without attribution. i assume by then paine had decided to take ownership and stare down the wrath of George III

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sheetsadam1 — 2 months ago(January 10, 2026 09:32 PM)

It's a wonderful pamphlet, though The Rights of Man is more substantive. The Age of Reason and Agrarian Justice are quite interesting as well.
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magnificent butthole — 2 months ago(January 10, 2026 10:27 PM)

i prefer
Discourse on Voluntary Servitude

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/.ㅤ — 2 months ago(January 10, 2026 10:25 PM)

Propaganda.
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