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The word, from Alexander Hamilton, 1792. It never gets old. (Original Post)
octoberlib
Nov 2018
OP
Trumpists were throwing rocks at each other in East Africa during the Ice Age...
Wounded Bear
Nov 2018
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randr
(12,417 posts)1. The wisdom of some of our founders amazes me
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)2. They obviously had their Trumps back then , too.
Trumpism has probably been around since Ancient Greece.
Wounded Bear
(58,743 posts)4. Trumpists were throwing rocks at each other in East Africa during the Ice Age...
the egomania is a basic human trait that most parents try to wean their toddlers of at an early age.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)5. +1
randr
(12,417 posts)8. Unfortunatly humans have a propensity for picking them as leaders
History is written in the blood of their madness.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)3. To a real degree Hamilton was describing himself
and his tactics, so he certainly knew.
Permanut
(5,661 posts)6. The people who put this country together weren't altogether convinced that it was going to work. nt
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)7. The danger to democracy since Ancient Greece has always been
authoritarian demogogues and the conservative parties that support them.
Ron Green
(9,823 posts)9. Don't forget that "the people," to Hamilton, meant
white property owners.