AOC: "The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time"

The revolutionary war was BY the rich of the time.

I guess taxation w/out representation was all a lie.
Thank God AOC has people dumber then her that believes the bullshite she spews

Guess she forgot the initial declaration was originally life, liberty, and the pursuit of property….but they decided to clean up the messaging optics a little.

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The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time" - AOC

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Too bad AOC and the democrats don't know it was the OG "No Kings" protest.
Carried out by patriotic Americans tired of taxation without representation.

A similar scenario as to what today's democratic socialists want to enforce on taxpayers.

Isn't it ironic?

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AOC: "The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time"

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Was it fought by multi-millionaires like her?

She just makes shite up knowing the people around her won’t call her out

George Washington: ~$525–$594 million (often cited around $587M or $594M). He owned vast land (over 8,000 acres at one point), plantations, and other assets. His estate at death in 1799 was valued at about $780,000 contemporary dollars. He was one of the richest Americans of his era. ?
• Thomas Jefferson: ~$212–$285 million (commonly ~$236–$240M). Inherited land from his father, built Monticello, but died deeply in debt (over $2M in today’s terms). Wealth from plantations and land. ?
• James Madison: ~$101–$137 million (around $113M–$136.7M). Inherited large landholdings (thousands of acres) from wealthy parents; later faced financial struggles from farming and family issues. ?
• John Hancock: Over $9 million (in 2022 dollars). Merchant wealth from trade; a very rich man in his time but not on the scale of Washington. ?
• Benjamin Franklin: Estimates vary widely—often $10M–$90M today, sometimes lower (e.g., equivalent of several million from his printing, publishing, real estate, and investments). He was self-made and retired comfortably but gave much away and wasn’t in the planter elite class. One older ranking put him as one of the richest in the 1780s. ?
• John Adams: ~$21.5 million. From law, farming, and his wife’s family wealth (Quincys). ?
• Alexander Hamilton: More modest; estimates around $10M or so adjusted (some higher figures for relative status). He was not from wealth and focused on public service/law. ?

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The revolutionary war was BY the rich of the time.

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And most of them lost all of their fortune for freedom

Charles Carroll of Maryland was worth about $375mil

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His personal fortune at this time was reputed to be 2,100,000 pounds sterling, the equivalent to £293,304,979 in 2025 (US$375 million). In addition, Carroll presided over his manor in Maryland, a 10,000-acre estate, and claimed as his property approximately 300 slaves.

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