Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDimeThis video delves into the deep-seated, undemocratic nature of the American political system, its ...

I’ve been telling Hexbear to start quoting the founding fathers at libs. It’s a good bit and this video has a couple great lines.

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    A rage for paper money, for an abolition of debts, for an equal division of property, or for any other improper or wicked project, will be less apt to pervade the whole body of the union, than a particular member of it; in the same proportion as such a malady is more likely to taint a particular county or district, than an entire state.

    -Federalist Papers no. 10

    In other words, in Maddison’s view, federalism is a protection against popular uprisings.