You are right. That’s why France has done so well economically and socialy. It has implemented Hamiltonian mercantilism and centralism far better than we have.
That worked so well back in the Bush years, that I though we could give it a rest for a while.
The point isn't that Hamilton was right in everything he wanted to do or in everything somebody could blame him for, but that some of the things he did and some of the things he supported had value and helped the country.
Consider "Hamiltonian" post-Civil War America, 1865-1933. They did some things wrong, and many things right, but they didn't really have much in common with centralized, mercantilist France, did they?