If you haven't yet, you should read Adam Smith and find out what he thought of unfettered capitalism...

Both that book and the Revolution were capitalist reactions against mercantilism, though neither trusted capitalism per se the way people did a century later (or today).

(Then again, we modelled our flag after the East India Company's flag, which was probably a bad idea.)

Adam Smith based his economics on the Labor Theory of Value; something which Proudhon and Marx built upon.

Heads should be exploding.

They only want their interpretation of some of the first ten amendments.

Their first and second amendments are skewed. Their interpretation of the fourth didn't end slavery. Their interpretation of the tenth justified slavery. It took the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment to end the full range of slavery.

Paul Ryan says when they get enough state houses 'red' they will repeal the 14th, which they can, as these are not done by popular vote. It was the 14th that help set the stage for progressives.

Some want not only those and the 16th, 19th and 24th to be repealed. At that point, we'll nearly be back to the Articles of Confederation.

All the better to divide the nation into fiefdoms run by the Kochroaches. They aren't giving up. We have to get strong minded about keeping the Constitution that has granted us our rights.

The AoC didn't grant any to those that were not in the elite based on race, gender and social status.

That is where I learned about the differences between federalists and anti-federalists.

Sometimes I feel like I went to different US history classes than other people. We definitely learned about the factions behind the Constitution.

Generally repeating some nonsense they heard from the usual suspects.

Though, if I'm wrong, feel free to correct me.

he changed that horse mid-stream. In The Federalist papers he sounded pretty federalist to me.

He was on both sides.

Teabaggers try to invent things that fit the way they want things to be rather than examining things as they are.

The first verse of A Soapbox Opera goes, "I hear only what I want to hear, but I have to believe in something."

And before you get all outraged and post "How could you possibly have a Tea Bagger friend?!" understand that this guy is, as many of our FB friends tend to be, a old school mate. We have only seen each other a couple of times over the years, and he really is a pretty good guy, if misguided. He's a vet, he's actually quite amiable, and we never let political discussions get rancorous. More like good-natured jabs. And he lives in Montana, so that explains a lot, too.

Anyway, between posting memes about having a nice day and silly pictures of animals and loving your mom and supporting our troops, he posts anti-ACA/Obama is the worst president in history crap and stories from The Heritage Foundation. He is a BIG Federalist Papers guy. He seems to think, as many Tea Baggers do, that the FP supercede our Constitution.

I sent him a link to the op, along with a warning as to where the link led. I asked for his comments. It will be interesting to read his response!

All you do is say some historical document supports your position and you're golden.

My father gave me a copy of it to read when I was 12. He believed in New Deal big gummint and small business. Tea bagger spelling would flunk elementary school. Just sayin'

a dog math.

I wonder what Jefferson's reaction to condominiums would have been.

No matter what one's position is people seem to feel they can expertly interpret what was really being said, and lo and behold!, what was really said EXACTLY supports what they want it to. It's amazing how this works.

David Hume's essays are central to understanding Madison's thought. Compare Hume's "Of Parties in General" with the critical Federalist 10.

-- Mal

They have no clue about history. The Federalists favored a strong, centralized government. Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans were against it. That's why Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were enemies.

But I quit trying to explain things to Teabaggers along time ago. They believe what they believe and no one is going to change their minds.