What is ironic about the end of "Chapter 4: Tyranny is Tyranny" of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States?

There are
examples ofthroughout Chapter Four in.  Most of the irony centers around how the colonial elite
criticize the King of England for his policies and then perpetrate similar offenses on the
people that they govern.  This is made clear at the end of the chapter.  There are a couple
examples of irony in that part of the chapter.  One such example is that the Declaration of
Independence was signed the same year that Adam Smith's treatise on capitalism was issued.  The
Declaration calls for individual freedoms.  Throughout the...

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