Agree. At the time, the Federalists were the “big government” faction, (as in we were so distrustful of central government at the time, many people were afraid the ideas would make it too powerful. I think many people can’t even imagine that and reconcile it against politics today) and Hamilton’s subsequent shilling to sell us out to a central bank is perfectly consistent with that. It’s perfectly fair to question his motives, especially since we’ve seen this “central bank struggle” play out throughout our nation’s history, but for someone to say “he wrote the federalist papers, therefore ...” is a disingenuous argument that seems to want to avoid the real problem to protect the character of someone who’s been dead for almost 220 years. The fact that the left suddenly loves him because of the musical is just the cherry on the sundae of suspicion for me.
Turns out there might have been a reason he ended up getting killed in a duel by the sitting Vice President...
Agree. At the time, the Federalists were the “big government” faction, (as in we were so distrustful of central government at the time, many people were afraid the ideas would make it too powerful. I think many people can’t even imagine that and reconcile it against politics today) and Hamilton’s subsequent shilling to sell us out to a central bank is perfectly consistent with that. It’s perfectly fair to question his motives, especially since we’ve seen this “central bank struggle” play out throughout our nation’s history, but for someone to say “he wrote the federalist papers, therefore ...” is a disingenuous argument that seems to want to avoid the real problem to protect the character of someone who’s been dead for almost 220 years. The fact that the left suddenly loves him because of the musical is just the cherry on the sundae of suspicion for me.
Turns out there might have been a reason he ended up getting killed in a duel by the sitting Vice President...