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To: <1/1,000,000th%

Like an earlier post said, Jefferson was a mass of contradictions.

His words on freedom and liberty and opposing tyranny are words to live by. Even setting aside his ownership of slaves, it’s clear that his agrarian mindset was rooted in a desire to keep society static, limiting movement between the classes and restricting the ability of members of the lower classes to ascend into the socio-political elite.

Hamilton, on the other hand, was a huge fan and proponant of such mobility, seeing capital as the means to effect it.


24 posted on 08/21/2015 6:22:41 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: tanknetter

I agree. Jefferson wanted to return to the old medieval European society with rich landowners running the show.

But I think Hamilton wanted the country to be run by an educated elite where the lower classes knew their place, just like England at the end of the 18th century.

I think they would both be shocked at where we are now.


25 posted on 08/21/2015 6:44:38 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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