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I'm currently reading the biography of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. It's a compelling look at the origins of the American experiment, and it makes me feel
by joshklein 16y ago
I'm currently reading the biography of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. It's a compelling look at the origins of the American experiment, and it makes me feel hopeful seeing just how similar things were at that time. These are all complaints people were leveling then, just as they have been since the beginning of government.
"If men were angels..."
- hga 16y agoWhile I mostly agree with you, I have to note that Hamilton was competent. One of the reasons we're an economic powerhouse vs. all those countries that keep themselves messed up (or in the case of Argentina threw it all away on the verge of becoming a 1st World nation) is the efforts he helped lead to put our financial house in order and keep it there. (In point of fact, one of the reasons the previous system of the Continental Congress fell apart was a failure to deal with that.) One of the points that Codevilla is making is that our current ruling class doesn't have what it takes to guide our country through its current travails.