7 thoughts on “When Did America…”

1. We did it for the children…

2. You know “America” has stopped being “America” when any organized movement or protest against confiscatory taxation is depicted as “anarchism.”

   1. Bilwick, in 1787, George Washington described Shay’s Rebellion as anarchism.

      From: https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/creating-new-government/resources/george-washington-discusses-shays%E2%80%99-rebellion-and-up

      On February 3, George Washington wrote to Henry Knox, conveying his thoughts on both the recent rebellion in Massachusetts and the Philadelphia Convention. Of Shays’ Rebellion, Washington wrote, “if three years ago any person had told me that at this day, I should see such a formidable rebellion against the laws & constitutions of our own making as now appears I should have thought him a bedlamite – a fit subject for a mad house.” He wrote that if the government “shrinks, or is unable to enforce its laws . . . anarchy & confusion must prevail.”

      1. Whoops, they mangled Washington’s quote, and I think it distorts his meaning. Here’s President Washington’s full sentence:
         ” The moment is, indeed, important! – If government shrinks, or is unable to enforce its laws; fresh maneuvers will be displayed by the insurgents – anarchy & confusion must prevail – and every thing will be turned topsy turvey in that State; where it is not probable the mischiefs will terminate. “

3. The relation of government vs anarchy of 1786-1787 is far, far different than that of today. It is apples and oranges and a false analogy.

   Besides, Jefferson said a little rebellion is a good thing.

   1. Way to deliberately miss the point, Bobbers.

      It’s a wonder you didn’t say “Somalia!”

      1. You’ve got to wonder about the intelligence of someone who puts Washington the 18th Century equivalent of Harry Reid.

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