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“Quite the contrary. Jefferson called this the “natural aristocracy” — an elite based not on wealth or birth, but on virtue and talent” - Jefferson was a guy wh
by jshaqaw 3y ago
“Quite the contrary. Jefferson called this the “natural aristocracy” — an elite based not on wealth or birth, but on virtue and talent” - Jefferson was a guy who based on the wealth he was born into owned humans born into that role. Let the downvotes begin!
- tomjen3 3y agoThere is no reason to downvote a true statement, but it can perhaps be simplified somewhat in that Jefferson did not consider his slaves fully human, thus they can never be part of the natural aristocracy. Good enough to rape, sure. Good enough to cook his food and clean his clothes but not good enough to lead.