Thomas pann's commons is a book that has far-reaching implications for american history, like uncle tom's cabin。
Thomas pann was born in the united kingdom and did not study much. He worked as an apprentice, shoemaker, english teacher, tax collector, etc. Then, with the help of franklin, he arrived on the north american continent and joined the north american independence movement, becoming one of the founding fathers of the united states。
In 1776, he published a booklet, commons, on behalf of “one british”, which rejected reconciliation with the united kingdom and called on the people to fight it. This was followed by a sensation that greatly inspired the will of the people of north america to fight and was subsequently absorbed into the essence of the declaration of independence. The name of the united states of america was also suggested by pan。
Pan scolded the british monarchy, beginning with their ancestors, william i, the french duke of normandy, who conquered britain in 1066 (in france, he was called the conqueror gayoom), and was cursed by thomas pane as a bastard, against the will of the local people, and became the king of england。
Pan rejected all the arguments against confrontation and for compromise, saying, “if the people of north america are descendants of the british, so that the people of north america should submit to the king of england, should the crown of england actually come from france, and should britain submit to france?” “a man who is in love with a prostitute is not worthy of choosing or judging his wife, nor is it the same stereotypes that favour a corrupt polity that prevent us from identifying a good polity”。
He rejected the monarchy, starting with the bible: israel had no king at first, and the israelis begged their prophet samor to make them a king, because other nations had kings. Despite the many warnings given by samor to the israelis at god's behest that the king will do many bad things, the israelis are determined that a king is still needed. It is therefore against the will of god that the israelis accept a king, the monarchy。
The contradiction of the monarchy was pointed out by pan: “the system is, first of all, a system in which a person has no access to public knowledge, but which nevertheless empowers him to resolve issues that require a very wise judgement, and in which the king's status leaves him undiscovery, while the king's office requires him to know everything”. So, “for society, and in the eyes of god, an ordinary honest man is more valuable than all the bad guys from ancient times to today”. This is very similar to what tanji-kun described as “the 2,000-year-old government and the qin regime, which is also a bandit”。
The founding fathers of the united states, such as benjamin franklin and thomas jefferson, are still hesitant about whether or not to wage war or to leave north america in the face of the aggressive british army. Not to mention other ordinary people. Even pan's belle, benjamin roche, who edited and published pan's book under pressure and named it himself as “common sense”, kept himself away from the independence movement。
Pan's will is strong at a time when all kinds of surrenderism are rampant. This scene resembles that of dong wu junsheng before the battle of the red wall: most of the lords and few of them hesitated and only a few, like zhou yu, were determined。
Pan is committed and rational, and analyses the need for, and the possibility of, independence from england in north america from diplomatic, economic, military and other sources。
It is said that, in the forward positions, a commander-in-chief of the army, who has been holding up the forward positions, has read pan's speech: that's what we're fighting for
Washington, the father of the united states, claims that the book “has caused a great change in the minds of many, including himself”. He ordered the accompanying officer: “any soldier who is part of our army must be equipped with a powerful weapon in addition to guns and rations, and that is the book — common sense”。
According to john adams, “the sword in washington is useless without the pen in the hand of the author of common sense”。
However, hero figures are often unable to quell, just as the british abandoned churchill after the second world war, and he died in a trance as a result of pan's strong anti-religious stance。
When one lags behind the times, even heroes are suddenly forgotten。
