The libertarian in me saw from this article that a strong national was not needed to put down rebellions like Shays' Rebellion. George Washington and others overreacted (or more cynically, didn't let a good crisis go to waste):
"Shays’ Rebellion was eventually put down when a group of wealthy merchants in Boston pooled their resources and created their own militia to quell the uprising. "
https://www.gastongazette.com/story/opinion/columns/2017/02/06/mark-l-hopkins-second-amendment-and-shays-rebellion/22532517007/#:~:text=Shays%E2%80%99%20Rebellion%20was%20eventually%20put%20down%20when%20a%20group%20of%20wealthy%20merchants%20in%20Boston%20pooled%20their%20resources%20and%20created%20their%20own%20militia%20to%20quell%20the%20uprising.
See, the free market and #voluntarism took care of the problem. Government inevitably creates bigger problems than those it was created to solve...
Marakesh ð“…¦
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2024-08-26 20:34:49
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