I've actually read the Declaration recently enough to have linked a good part of it into one of the innumerable HN discussion threads around here. And if this

I've actually read the Declaration recently enough to have linked a good part of it into one of the innumerable HN discussion threads around here. And if this is an absolute despotism then I'll need to know what word to use for what despotism meant when Jefferson wrote those words, so that I can keep my thoughts straight.