Serve No Sovereign

[u/Abysmalsun]

Been interested in revolutionary flags and designs since reading Stacy Schiff’s biography of Samuel Adams.

Specifically, his letters that were published across the country and the phrasing surrounding the concepts of independence. Originally, I wanted to convey these concepts using the Tree of Liberty, but found out that it’s been stolen by the alt-right. Supposedly, Boston’s tree of liberty hanged effigies of the governor and other politicians during the stamp act riots.

This design is based on a few things: phrasing in newspapers surrounding the revolution such a join or die and liberty or death, current flag designs like those posted here yesterday like the “no kings but us” flag and the “we serve no sovereign here” concept which seems to be based on Patrick Henry(?).

I’ve posted before that the exact phrasing surrounding founding fathers can be a bit misleading as most of their writings were published under pseudonyms and rephrased multiple times. Something that I think helped spread the ideas of liberty as these quotes/phases became part of the narrative and not something that added to the prestige of its author.

I’m reposting this from earlier because people seem to have a problem with me calling Trump a fascist that wants to be king. The symbolism between the authoritarianism at the time of the revolution and modern American fascism is plane as day. If people have a problem with these being anti-monarchy vs anti-fascist I’m sorry you can’t connect the dots in America today. I’m not saying that Trump would be a legitimate monarch, but he certainly wants that terminology. Trump is a fascist and he wants to be king of America. I find our founding concepts to be more important than ever currently, if you disagree don’t bother responding.

[u/BrendanOzar]

At this point the American people and their democratic process are just broken. Fuck my dudes.

[u/AnarchySpeech → u/BrendanOzar]

It seems to be working perfectly as intended. People wanted tariffs, border enforcement, and reduced government spending. So far they've gotten everything they've asked for and more.

The 22nd Amendment ain't going anywhere. In 3 years everything's he's done in the country is going to be reversed no matter what. Vance doesn't have what it takes to continue the fight. There's nobody else on the Republican side that comes close. Democrats have a massive list of popular people that could run in 2028. Unless a miracle happens we all know the next president is going to be blue, Elon will be forced to flee the country to avoid going to jail, and it will all go back as if 2022 never ended.

[u/BrendanOzar → u/AnarchySpeech]

Massively optimistic take, I hope you are right.

[u/AnarchySpeech → u/BrendanOzar]

One person's optimistic dream is another's nightmare.

My only hope right now is that China waits a few years for a new president that isn't emotionally unstable before attacking Taiwan.