Thomas Jefferson
ancaporado
People who say “National Divorce” is a dog-whistle for “civil war” are outing themselves as spousal abusers.
ancap-vaporwave
Well it would be a civil war but that won’t be the fault of the people wanting the divorce.
ancaporado
All these corporate dems and Republicans have is “it will be a civil war”, why? If we can’t walk away peacefully it’s their fault. Then they insist that the red states depend on the feds… fine, we’re a burden, get rid of us! It’s a nice way to expose the violence inherit in the system.
association-of-freed-people
Alexander Hamilton: The future prosperity of this nation rests chiefly in trade. Trade depends, among other things, on the willingness of other nations to lend us money.
Thomas Jefferson: And how would you propose to establish international credit?
Alexander Hamilton: Our first step would be to incur a national debt. The greater the debt, the greater the credit. And to that end I have recommended to the president that Congress adopt all the debts incurred by the individual states during the war through a national bank. The idea being that if the states owe Congress money, then other nations will feel more inclined to lend it to us.
Thomas Jefferson: If the states are indebted to a central authority, it increases the power of the central government.
Alexander Hamilton: There you have it exactly. The greater the government’s responsibility, the greater its authority.
Thomas Jefferson: The moneyed interest in this country is all in the north, so the wealth and power would inevitably be concentrated there in a federal government. To the expense of the south.
Alexander Hamilton: If that is the case, it is unavoidable if the Union is to be preserved.
Thomas Jefferson: I fear our revolution will have been in vain if a Virginia farmer is to be held in hock to a New York stock jobber, who in turn is in hock to a London banker. The opportunities for avarice and corruption would certainly prove irresistible.
thatsastepladder
Hamilton hits differently when you start seeing Jefferson and Madison as in the right, let me tell you.
association-of-freed-people
Hamilton was targeted for popular lionizing because he was an authoritarian dickhead obsessed with militaristic empire and central power.