Property is how states financed. Tariffs and trade for federal. Consumer taxes for local. Basically, whom ever had the most money paid the most. Everyone, including government had an incentive for the U.S. to be prosperous. No green new deal in the 1800's
Generalization not withstanding.
It has been decades ago. But I remember a man on the street type interviews. The subject was corruption in Chicago. I was flabbergasted at how the citizens acknowledged the corruption but seemed to accept it. One said, that's just how it is to get things done.
I remember thinking that they were screwed if the citizens felt this way. This was back when Chicago was an epicenter of economic activity. Don't get me wrong, they still have money, they didn't have the debt.
With my kids I used the news articles. Showed them how they phrases things depending on who they were covering. How it could manipulate how your brain processed info by the order it is presented. Exposed the bias as a means to control them.
Of course they would come home and try to use teachers opinion. But I predicted 100% what the teacher would say, proving no original thought nor ability to honest debate.
No kid wants to be told how to think. You just got to show them who is trying to.
Even the machines know Kumalla is a disaster.