托马斯·潘恩的《常识》和《美国危机》（The American Crisis）放到今天恐怕会被当成“虚假信息”、“政治宣传”或“有害内容”。这两部作品被公认为“美国独立战争初期最具影响力的两本小册子，并激励了……
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" and "The American Crisis" would have been considered "misinformation", "propaganda" or "harmful content". These are considered "the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and helped inspire the…
…Declaration was penned -- there was still a war to win. If the 'most influential American writer' means 'the one most important to the US becoming its own country', then the answer is Thomas Paine. His American Crisis papers buttressed the flagging revolutionary movement and made the common folk actually care. Before Paine's propaganda, the majority of colonists saw themselves as British subjects and the fight for…
…We just have to defend our freedoms...through protest and through votes. "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it." --Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4,1777
…problem, can motivate people who can to do so is by raising the profile of the problem. Writing about it is a way to do that. When Thomas Paine wrote of "the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot" in The American Crisis, he didn't have any direct way to stop soldiers from deserting from George Washington's army because the weather was cold and the fighting was rough. All he could do was highlight the problem of desertion…
They gave him a fucking Emmy in November: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/1... And he published a fucking book in October: https://www.amazon.com/American-Crisis-Leadership-COVID-19-P... Broken doesn't even begin to describe it....
是啊，太魔幻了。而且这一切发生的同时，他还因为那本《美国危机：来自新冠疫情的领导力启示》（American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic）拿到了数百万美元的预付版税，还记得这个离谱的玩意儿吗 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/arts/design/cuomo-covid-p... 这怎么可能是真的啊？！？！
yes, unreal. Also all this took place when he received a multi million dollar advance for his book "American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic", and remember this crazy thing https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/arts/design/cuomo-covid-p... how is any of this real?!?!
托马斯·潘恩的《常识》和《美国危机》（The American Crisis）放到今天恐怕会被当成“虚假信息”、“政治宣传”或“有害内容”。这两部作品被公认为“美国独立战争初期最具影响力的两本小册子，并激励了……
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" and "The American Crisis" would have been considered "misinformation", "propaganda" or "harmful content". These are considered "the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and helped inspire the…
……起草了《独立宣言》——但仍有一场战争要打赢。如果“最具影响力的美国作家”指的是“对美国独立建国最关键的人”，那么答案就是托马斯·潘恩。他的《美国危机》系列文章支撑住了萎靡不振的革命运动，让普通大众真正开始关心这件事。在潘恩的宣传战之前，大多数殖民地居民还自认是英国臣民，而争取……
…Declaration was penned -- there was still a war to win. If the 'most influential American writer' means 'the one most important to the US becoming its own country', then the answer is Thomas Paine. His American Crisis papers buttressed the flagging revolutionary movement and made the common folk actually care. Before Paine's propaganda, the majority of colonists saw themselves as British subjects and the fight for…
……我们必须捍卫我们的自由……通过抗议和选票。“凡是期望享受自由恩赐的人，必须像个男子汉一样，承受支撑自由的劳苦。”——托马斯·潘恩：《美国危机》第4期，1777年
…We just have to defend our freedoms...through protest and through votes. "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it." --Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4,1777
……问题，能激励有能力的人去解决问题的办法就是提高该问题的关注度。动笔写出来就是一种途径。当年托马斯·潘恩在《美国危机》中写到“夏天的战士和晴天的爱国者”时，面对天寒地冻、战况惨烈导致华盛顿的部队逃兵不断，他也根本没有直接手段去阻止士兵当逃兵。他能做的只有把逃兵问题彻底摆在台面上……
…problem, can motivate people who can to do so is by raising the profile of the problem. Writing about it is a way to do that. When Thomas Paine wrote of "the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot" in The American Crisis, he didn't have any direct way to stop soldiers from deserting from George Washington's army because the weather was cold and the fighting was rough. All he could do was highlight the problem of desertion…
他们11月居然他妈颁给了他一个艾美奖：https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/1... 然后他10月还他妈出了本书：https://www.amazon.com/American-Crisis-Leadership-COVID-19-P... 仅仅用“烂透了（broken）”根本不足以形容这一切……
They gave him a fucking Emmy in November: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/1... And he published a fucking book in October: https://www.amazon.com/American-Crisis-Leadership-COVID-19-P... Broken doesn't even begin to describe it....
是啊，太魔幻了。而且这一切发生的同时，他还因为那本《美国危机：来自新冠疫情的领导力启示》（American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic）拿到了数百万美元的预付版税，还记得这个离谱的玩意儿吗 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/arts/design/cuomo-covid-p... 这怎么可能是真的啊？！？！
yes, unreal. Also all this took place when he received a multi million dollar advance for his book "American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic", and remember this crazy thing https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/arts/design/cuomo-covid-p... how is any of this real?!?!