The US Was Not Founded on Christianity—Keep It Out of Politics
The US Founding Fathers were certainly religious, but most questioned the Bible, the intervention of God in the affairs of man, and even the divinity of Christ.
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“The Father of the American Revolution” Was an Unlikely Supporter of Universal Basic Income
Thomas Paine, the intellectual architect of the American Revolution, made a logical and impassioned plea for providing everyone with guaranteed income.
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George Washington Warned Us About Political Parties—We Didn’t Listen
With a 3rd presidential term on the horizon, Washington instead chose to recede from public life and to issue a dire warning for his fledgling country.
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The President Isn’t Supposed to Be This Powerful
The 3 branches of the US government were designed to keep the power of the other 2 in check. However, the president’s power has slowly grown, giving one person far more control of the government than originally intended.
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Dissecting Fascism: A Warning
“We are not required to believe that fascist movements can only come to power in an exact replay of the scenario of Mussolini and Hitler. All that is required to fit our model is polarization, deadlock, mass mobilization against internal and external enemies, and complicity by existing elites.”
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