• @[email protected]
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    2 months ago

    It means both “leave other people alone” and “focus on your business” since the US was founded by landowning businessmen.

    So slightly better, but not quite as good as “Don’t tread on me” would be (if it wasn’t currently coopted by fascists).

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      32 months ago

      As a NW Ohioan, i like “Don’t Give Up The Ship” since it carries a similar ideal without all the baggage of “Don’t Tread On Me” or “An Appeal To Heaven”.

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      32 months ago

      I agree, but I like to think it means the first one. Honestly, I don’t know that “don’t tread on me” works in that vein perfectly either, just because it’s not as simple to understand. Maybe “mind your own business?”