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Would that it were so! The truth is that Republicans are just as wedded to the power apparatus as the Democrats; they just feel a greater attachment to some parts over others. That means in the end, it is up to us. We should all be working every day and in every way to detach ourselves from dependence on our oppressors. We can make the freedom that the 18th-century intellectual giants like Paine dreamed of an actual reality. Many of us, if not most of us, are doing this every day.
It was the idea of liberalism — classical liberalism, more precisely. His rendering of this idea was particularly radical, but at its core, it summed up the views of a generation that truly did set the world free. The idea was that society needed no overarching ruler to give it direction. It needed no official church to make it religious. No king was necessary to give society decorum or to manage relations with other nations. It needed no central plan to spell out a list of priorities. It was an attempt to wholly recast the way people thought about how the world works.
And people believed it would work. Because they saw it all around them. The world of the Colonies was made by Americans, not by some far-off, distant, deeply ignorant ruler in ermine robes living in London. In the same way, we look at our own our lives and we see and experience beautiful things, but think of it: How much of what we love was actually built by the politicians, bureaucratic armies, and the central planners within the Beltway? Ye that dare oppose not only the tyranny but the tyrant, stand forth!
Thomas Paine, still relevant today? | tbradford1's Blog
Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia and Africa have long expelled her. Europe regards her like a stranger and England hath given her warning to depart. I'm the author of four books in the field of economics and one on early music. My personal twitter account jeffreyatucker FB is jeffrey.
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An article in Politics , Security , Civil Liberties. The search for Jade Helm is a bust. In the first place, it appeared in a society that had no mass media, no entertainment-industrial complex -- nothing, in other words, to compete with the urgency of Paine's message.
At the same time, Paine consciously sought to write in the vernacular, to speak to people in their own language, to develop a truly democratic style. Ultimately, this cut both ways, galvanizing the public even as it frightened many of the gentry upon whom the new American nation would depend. When, in , the American Revolution ended, Paine found himself shut out of the government, reduced to the status of "a refugee, and that of the most extraordinary kind, a refugee from the Country that I have befriended.
Six years later, he left America for Europe, and did not return until Even then, he continued to be marginalized. In , John Adams described him as "a mongrel between pig and puppy, begotten by a wild boar on a bitch wolf. For Moore, however -- much like his right-wing counterparts Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter -- the goal seems less to engage the audience than to rile them up.
Paine also meant to stir emotions, but in a far more subtle way. Reading "Common Sense," I'm struck by its elegant structure, its writerliness, the way it functions as diatribe and literature at once. Developed in four parts, it establishes a theory of society and government, which is then used to critique the British system and to offer an impassioned plea for independence. Finally, it lays out an American template, a vision of how Paine's democracy might work. Equally important, it makes its case for revolution on the most pragmatic terms, focusing on security and economic independence, issues that resonate to this day.
Thomas Paine sold his radical message with logic and emotion.
My daughter was home from college and she can sing word for word the songs in the play. To me and others, this may be the greatest history lesson that reaches so many. I have tickets to see Hamilton in the near future. I am so looking forward to it. I teach history but not United States history.
Janice, I hope you enjoy Hamilton. He said Hamilton wrote so many words, that was the only genre that could do justice to him. Maybe you can check out my blog if you need a blogging tip or two. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. As he himself says: Twitter Facebook More Email.
I do not like to mix politics and blogging, but I thank you. That was beautifully described.
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I agree with you are articulate analysis. Dear Hugh, How appropriate. As I told you, I am a history teacher. I have followed your blog. Heaven knows we all need a healthy dose of history — from whatever source! Many thanks for the visit and the follow!
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I will look forward to your visit. Thomas Paine remains one of my personal heroes.