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The Federalist Society is very poorly named, with aims nearly diametrically opposed to the Federalists it is named after.
by lern_too_spel 4y ago
The Federalist Society is very poorly named, with aims nearly diametrically opposed to the Federalists it is named after.
- lern_too_spel 4y agoNot too surprised that so many HNers don't know this, so I should have explained better in the previous comment. The Federalist party called for a strong national government to fix all the ills in the previously weak confederation, and they succeeded spectacularly, making the US the most powerful government on Earth instead of a bunch of warring factions making their own treaties, regulations, money, and tariffs. The very first aim of the Federalist Society is "checking federal power."
- LudwigNagasena 4y agoIt's all about the context. Federalists wanted a stronger government compared to Anti-Federalists who wanted something akin to a confederation. Nowadays the debate is not between federalists and confederalists, that ship has sailed, it is between federalists and unitarists.