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Gonna be honest, if we take a look at the Boston Tea Party from an objective point of view, it was a dumb idea with terrible repercussions for Massachusetts. Great Britain shut down Boston Harbour, disbanded the civil government and put Massachusetts into martial law. If you're gonna rebel, then rebel instead of doing this halfway shit that only makes the enemy aware of your intentions.
I know I'm going to get downvoted because I'm attacking an American founding myth, but really—what did the Boston Tea Party really accomplish?
It helped spread the word of rebellion and reinforced how tyrannical the Brits were being by their reaction.
Sometimes people need motivation and the motivating act itself does not need to be successful. This can be necessary even when everyone knows that the problems are, because someone has to take the first (or second or third) steps to motive the rest to act.
Doesn't work everytime, look at tank man
It worked that time though. 250 years later we’re still talking about it being a inflection point. Shit even Tank Man is used as an anti-Chinese government symbol of resistance.