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History Lesson
« on: March 22, 2021, 01:12:06 AM »
In connection with a research project, I've been reading some of The Anti-Federalist papers, from the time when our Constitution was being written and debated. The Anti-Federalist Papers were the essays that argued against the form of government we have. They are less well-known than The Federalist papers (which argued for the government we now have) -- probably because history is written by the winners.

Some of those Anti-Federalist writers were flippin' prescient. Reading through some of those papers, and looking at what's happening today, is scary. We are seeing is just what they predicted would happen.
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Re: History Lesson
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2021, 05:48:36 AM »
"We have given you a Republic, Ma'am. If you can keep it."


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Re: History Lesson
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2021, 09:49:33 AM »
How many of those writers thought it would take well over 200 years for that stuff to happen? 
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Re: History Lesson
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2021, 02:45:21 PM »
How many of those writers thought it would take well over 200 years for that stuff to happen?

I don't know, and they didn't say.

If you want to look up The Anti-Federalist Papers, take a look at numbers 7, 8, 9, 19, 29 (Part 1 and 2), 51, and 84.

Unfortunately, my "name brand" ancestor came down on the wrong side of history. He was a Federalist.
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Re: History Lesson
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2021, 03:50:04 PM »
"We have given you a Republic, Ma'am. If you can keep it."

She demanded the vote and then used it to corrupt the republic.