So I finally watched Hamilton a couple of weeks ago when it hit Disney+ and the line that caught me was "Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree and no one shall make them afraid." It is one of the most eloquent summations of the ideal of liberty. 1/5
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It's also a line with real history. It's from the Book of Micah 4:4; Washington was clearly fond of it, quoting it repeatedly in his correspondence (https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/vine-and-fig-tree/ …), most famously in a letter to a Jewish community, assuring that they too would enjoy tolerance. 2/5
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Of course, Washington wasn't perfect. The enslaved men and women at Mt. Vernon could not sit under their own vines or fig trees, but instead had to work on Washington's. There were overseers to make them afraid. Our country's liberty was flawed at its conception. 3/5
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But America is a project, not a place - a thing as yet still in the process of becoming. I find myself reflecting on that verse thinking about difficult political issues. Who hasn't their own vine or fig tree right now? Who is made afraid in America today? 4/5
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And perhaps most importantly, what must be done to restore them to their liberty - their inalienable right - without infringing on the liberty of others to sit under their vines and fig trees and not be made afraid. Anyway, Hamilton is great, go watch it. end/5
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