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We coulda had Bernie... (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] rwhitisissle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

a grand tradition of what to do with tyrants.

America as a nation was created by a subset of landed gentry who didn't like paying taxes. They wanted to make Washington king. The founding fathers were basically the Megamind meme where Tighten (yes, it's spelled Tighten, not "Titan") says to the Mayor of the city: "More like under new management."

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The founders were not a monolith and had mega-disagreements about how to proceed from day 1.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago

"okay, we're not gonna have political parties, right guys?"

Immediately form federalist and anti-federalist factions

[–] rwhitisissle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sure, and they still managed to pass the alien and sedition acts. Saying they weren't a monolith is a way of dismissing the mountain of evidence that suggests that, for most of them, participation in the democratic process of an inchoate American republic was intended only for a small segment of the population - literate (i.e. wealthy) white men. I'd suggest A People's History of the United States if you want a better perspective on that.