This week for independence day Alex does a deep dive on the often forgotten founder Thomas Paine. Most famous for writing revolutionary pamphlets like "Common Sense" Paine's opinions made a lot of enemies. His writings pissed off really rich people on both sides of the Atlantic, insulted George Washington, Jesus Christ, and every religion he could think of.

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0:00 Intro - What Crazy Stuff Did Thomas Paine do? 2:13 Viral Pamphleteer Thomas Paine 4:51 Thomas Paine's Early Life as a Bad Businessman 14:10 Getting a Tase of Revolutionary Writing 20:42 Benjamin Franklin Sends him to America 29:46 Revolution is in the Air 33:32 Writing "Common Sense" 1:05:41 Rebuttal Pamphlet "Plain Truth" 1:14:37 War Breaks Out and Paine Joins the Army at 39 1:21:57 Who Paine Pissed Off 1:25:53 Joining the French Revolution 1:42:32 Arrest and Death Sentence in France 1:47:58:18 Publicly Insults George Washington 1:56:30 Death and What happens to his bones.