tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post5080372521734158335..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: A Short Defense of the Musical HamiltonT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-72680435301188352152018-02-23T01:57:43.433-08:002018-02-23T01:57:43.433-08:00The American Revolutionary War was fought for the ...The American Revolutionary War was fought for the principles of the Enlightenment, which are universal in nature. The US was an experiment, testing the hypothesis: Can a representative Republic, based on Enlightenment principles such as rights and social contract, succeed in the real world? Well over 200 years later, I believe the results are in. In spite of many shortcomings and challenges, the xcaliburhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07808078561104695558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-27244342386781585662018-02-19T17:22:36.159-08:002018-02-19T17:22:36.159-08:00My bad, I guess when I read you I went a little fa...My bad, I guess when I read you I went a little fast. I kind of assumed you were talking about immigration, since that's what I'm used to seeing in mainstream publications. I can see how the Founding Fathers wanted their own country but also hoped for nationalism and democracy for all peoples. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868052690034215725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-33568644752631128702018-02-18T22:33:53.622-08:002018-02-18T22:33:53.622-08:00Just to give you a flavor of this sort of talk, he...Just to give you a flavor of this sort of talk, here is how Thomas Paine opens <i>Common Sense</i>:<br /><br /><i>The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind. Many circumstances hath, and will arise, which are not local, but universal, and through which the principles of all Lovers of Mankind are affected, and in the Event of which, their Affections are interested.</i><br T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-30938800981805921542018-02-18T22:31:12.296-08:002018-02-18T22:31:12.296-08:00You underestimate just how diverse the America of ...You underestimate just how diverse the <a href="https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/the-united-states-of-diversity/" rel="nofollow">America of the founding really was.</a> <i>E pluribus unum</i> is not a fresh idea.<br /><br />This diversity extended to politics. The leaders of the revolution of 1776 were not a unitary bunch. If "nationalist," many were not American nationalistsT. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-1141224539294451422018-02-18T12:11:07.606-08:002018-02-18T12:11:07.606-08:00It's a good defense, but I don't agree wit...It's a good defense, but I don't agree with this<br />"The men who fought and died in the American revolution did so not only for themselves, but also for their posterity—indeed for the broader human race, whom they believed would be blessed by their vanguard fight for liberty."<br /><br />They fought for their posterity, as the Declaration says, but not for the whole human raceUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868052690034215725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-65513556606874757572018-02-18T09:38:58.445-08:002018-02-18T09:38:58.445-08:00I had not thought about it that way. Thank you for...I had not thought about it that way. Thank you for this piece. <br /><br />Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741738070067590221noreply@blogger.com