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For the idea and shaping of the united states yes but the USA came into being when the constitution was ratified as the framework for law and government.
Yes, but former governments claimed to derive their authority from some sort of divine being, or noble birth, whereas the United States rebuked that, and said no, it is the people who give the government power.
Prior to that moment, rebelling against the government was rebellion against God or against your genetic betters.
After that moment, rebelling against the government is the people saying, "You have gone off track. It is time to put you back on track."
And in a way that is important, because since American government derives from the consent of the governed, it is vital for the people currently in power to keep the American people distracted from what is happening so that they do not align together in strong enough numbers to overthrow them.
Therefore we have continuous circuses.
The moment they stop dancing and distracting us from what is happening is the moment they lose everything.
oh im in no way arguing against its importance.