America didn’t win independence on ideals alone — it won it on credit. Foreign loans, European rivalries, collapsing currency, and domestic speculators quietly financed the Revolution. The war for freedom was also a high-risk investment… and empires were the ones funding it.
Debt shaped diplomacy, taxes sparked rebellion, and the new nation’s first institutions were built to reassure creditors — not philosophers. Once you see how the U.S. was born financially, modern geopolitics starts to look very familiar.
Drop your thoughts in the comments — and hit Hype next to the comments in the video if you have it. “Every revolution needs funding.” — history, repeatedly
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America didn’t win independence on ideals alone — it won it on credit. Foreign loans, European rivalries, collapsing currency, and domestic speculators quietly financed the Revolution. The war for freedom was also a high-risk investment… and empires were the ones funding it.
Debt shaped diplomacy, taxes sparked rebellion, and the new nation’s first institutions were built to reassure creditors — not philosophers. Once you see how the U.S. was born financially, modern geopolitics starts to look very familiar.
Drop your thoughts in the comments — and hit Hype next to the comments in the video if you have it.
“Every revolution needs funding.” — history, repeatedly
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