apparently, aocia claimed american war of independence was against rich people
*found it https://nitter.net/MarcoFoster_/status/2053273753401143399
AOC: “America was founded in revolt of British aristocracy. The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time. It’s actually the most American thing in the world for us to be fighting for the working class. It’s actually patently un-American to transform our country into a place of kings and landed gentry”
It was a revolution driven by the richest landowners on the continent because too much of their wealth was being taxed to the crown and they wanted to do the taxing instead. It was against the aristocracy, by the bourgeoisie. Even if she’s technically less wrong she’s still extremely wrong in spirit.
In an absolute sense, yes the American Revolution was by and for the bourgeoisie. I highly doubt any of the Founding Fathers would be on board with socialism (Thomas Paine, maybe).
That being said, the typical American sees the Founding Fathers as plucky rebels against the stodgy old white dude(s) in charge and they project whatever politics they want onto them. So politicians of all stripes play the “tortured analogy for their politics being the continuation of the Founding Fathers” game. I’m not defending AOC as a whole here, no “hiding her power levels” argument. I just don’t think there’s a deeper meaning here, it’s just vacuous blathering.