I agree. I would argue the old right, like Garett Garett, Rose Wilder Lane and Isabel Patterson, were probably the last of the truly classical liberals (libertarians). Most of their warnings for Americans sadly came true.
I also don't think any of the framers would recognize the left today as a derivation of their philosophical ideals; even the strongest supporters of government at the time: namely, Adams and Hamilton, would align themselves with today's libertarian party, or the Ted Cruz, Ron Paul wing of the republican party. It's quite strange, but the media today would call the framers "hard-right", "totalitarian," and warn the citizens about their "populism."
Today, the country is more like the Soviet Union, than the "sons of liberty"
I agree. I would argue the old right, like Garett Garett, Rose Wilder Lane and Isabel Patterson, were probably the last of the truly classical liberals (libertarians). Most of their warnings for Americans sadly came true.
I also don't think any of the framers would recognize the left today as a derivation of their philosophical ideals; even the strongest supporters of government at the time: namely, Adams and Hamilton, would align themselves with today's libertarian party, or the Ted Cruz, Ron Paul wing of the republican party. It's quite strange, but the media today would call the framers "hard-right", "totalitarian," and warn the citizens about their "populism."
Today, the country is more like the Soviet Union, than the "sons of liberty"