when I read Albion's Seed something crystallized for me - the Declaration of Independence is a very weird document, specifically the list of grievances against the king
half are the king violating individual rights, and half are the king RESTRICTING GOVERNMENT POWER
hmmm
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5/ You can read through the DoI grievances with one red and one blue highlighter pen and see the culture wars of 1776 / 1861 / 2020 right there like a crack in a wall that no number of coats of paint can ever fix, the schism telegraphs its way through the intervening centuries
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