American crisis
by Thomas Paine · first published 1776
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Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" and "The American Crisis" would have been considered "misinformation", "propaganda" or "harmful content". These are considered "the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and helped inspire the…
on “Platforms' current attempts to regulate misinformation amplify opinion power” ↗…Declaration was penned -- there was still a war to win. If the 'most influential American writer' means 'the one most important to the US becoming its own country', then the answer is Thomas Paine. His American Crisis papers buttressed the flagging revolutionary movement and made the common folk actually care. Before Paine's propaganda, the majority of colonists saw themselves as British subjects and the fight for…
on “Is Poe the most influential American writer? A new book offers evidence” ↗…We just have to defend our freedoms...through protest and through votes. "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it." --Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4,1777
on “Wikipedia to Shut Down on Wednesday to Protest SOPA” ↗…problem, can motivate people who can to do so is by raising the profile of the problem. Writing about it is a way to do that. When Thomas Paine wrote of "the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot" in The American Crisis, he didn't have any direct way to stop soldiers from deserting from George Washington's army because the weather was cold and the fighting was rough. All he could do was highlight the problem of desertion…
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