Yes. The Rev was co-opted. The pressure from the usual suspects forced the constitution on the masses and that's when the downhill slide began in earnest.
"“The Constitution looked fairly good on paper, but it was not a popular document; people were suspicious of it, and suspicious of the enabling legislation that was being erected upon i…
Yes. The Rev was co-opted. The pressure from the usual suspects forced the constitution on the masses and that's when the downhill slide began in earnest.
"“The Constitution looked fairly good on paper, but it was not a popular document; people were suspicious of it, and suspicious of the enabling legislation that was being erected upon it. There was some ground for this. The Constitution had been laid down under unacceptable auspices; its history had been that of a coup d'état.
“It had been drafted, in the first place, by men representing special economic interests. Four-fifths of them were public creditors, one-third were land speculators, and one-fifth represented interests in shipping, manufacturing, and merchandising. Most of them were lawyers. Not one of them represented the interest of production — Vilescit origine tali. (the dice were loaded from the start)
Albert Jay Nock, Liberty vs. the Constitution: The Early Struggle
"When we have made our constitution purely democratic, thinks to himself the earnest reformer, we shall have brought government into harmony with absolute justice. Such a faith, though perhaps needful for the age, is a very erroneous one. By no process can coercion be made equitable.
- Herbert Spencer, Social Statics [1851]. chap 20, The Right to Ignore the State, p 210
Yes. The Rev was co-opted. The pressure from the usual suspects forced the constitution on the masses and that's when the downhill slide began in earnest.
"“The Constitution looked fairly good on paper, but it was not a popular document; people were suspicious of it, and suspicious of the enabling legislation that was being erected upon it. There was some ground for this. The Constitution had been laid down under unacceptable auspices; its history had been that of a coup d'état.
“It had been drafted, in the first place, by men representing special economic interests. Four-fifths of them were public creditors, one-third were land speculators, and one-fifth represented interests in shipping, manufacturing, and merchandising. Most of them were lawyers. Not one of them represented the interest of production — Vilescit origine tali. (the dice were loaded from the start)
Albert Jay Nock, Liberty vs. the Constitution: The Early Struggle
https://mises.org/library/liberty-vs-constitution-early-struggle
And this.:
"When we have made our constitution purely democratic, thinks to himself the earnest reformer, we shall have brought government into harmony with absolute justice. Such a faith, though perhaps needful for the age, is a very erroneous one. By no process can coercion be made equitable.
- Herbert Spencer, Social Statics [1851]. chap 20, The Right to Ignore the State, p 210
http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/spencer-social-statics-1851
Also, the Federalists vs the Anti-Federalists…
All wars are bankers wars…😉
I've read both a couple of times. The "anti-federalists" were quite prescient. Fascinating stuff.
You are correct that all wars are bankers' wars. For centureis it's been the international banking mafiosi to be a little more specific.