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To: Ohioan

>>Marx & rule by the mob are not the relevant factor in what Jefferson is talking about.

Jefferson was talking about the fallible and uninspired who assumed dominion over the faith and resources of others.

The folks doing that hadn’t indoctrinated Marx yet, but the nature of manipulating the sheeple through bread, circuses, and the state-established teat had seen numerous historical implementations.


31 posted on 02/15/2017 2:15:17 PM PST by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: HLPhat
Jefferson is talking about a locally controlled and directed, parish by parish, Church organized program where (basically) the wealthiest farmer in a district took personal responsibility for helping the genuinely needy.

No one was taking dominion over anybody's Faith--remember it is Jefferson, in his one book, who is doing the reporting here.

The whole point is that the system worked because it was not run by distant, centralized authority. It began and ended, basically, at home. It is simply an example of what works when kept local, where particular individuals are personally responsible, and always fails when administered by theorists, working off of check lists and whatever, from a distant bureaucracy.

32 posted on 02/16/2017 8:52:40 AM PST by Ohioan
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