It's uh, it went... it gone... it's... out for lunch.
(midwest.social)
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History MemesProbably close to reality:
I keep spotting new deranged details, like the “republican” hat being slightly wider to accommodate the text.
At this point I have to do this
Washington if he were actually alive today: "My that's a fine Rye~~bourbon~~ industry we've got going"
Edit: He made rye not bourbon
If GW were alive today questions about Church v State would probably be way down on his list of "WTF is going on here?!".
I mean the BoR applying to the States, individual taxes, the stupid amount of power that the Federal Government has, the utter disregard of the 9th and 10th Amendments, our large standing Army...all of these things would be of WAY more concern and confusion to him.
As Washington himself noted, "To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff." He was foundational in establishing the Legion of the United States and establishment of the US Navy as a permanent standing force, and was generally aligned with the Federalists who wanted a stronger Federal government. I presume by 'individual taxes' you mean income tax, considering that one of the first taxes in the USA was levied on individuals producing alcohol, which Washington was willing to use force to ensure compliance with.
Washington: wakes up in 2026
mad scientists: Mr. President, what do think of this modern era!?
Washington: where are my wife and children!?
Hed scroll tiktok for 20 minutes before seeing enough and eating his musket
Explanation: For all the many flaws of the 'big 7' Founding Fathers, 6/7 of them were firmly secularist. 2 were not Christians in the modern sense (Jefferson, Franklin), two may not have been Christians (Washington, Madison), two were secular Christians (Hamilton, Adams), and only one advocated for involvement of the Christian faith in public affairs (John Jay).
In fact, for several generations after the American Revolution, Christian fundamentalists in the USA regularly condemned the foundation of the country by 'heathens' as wicked, and the USA itself as an aberration.
It would seem once they saw an opportunity to worm their way into power, they reversed their opinion on the American polity.
Nowadays, church and state remain formally separate in the USA, but in practice, there is a rapidly eroding barrier between the two due to the support of a majority of voting Americans for conservative and fascist shitheads.
Likewise, John Marshall, who often gets left out of these conversations but who in my opinion is worthy of being included with the 'Big 7' as the 'Big 8', was a Unitarian, but he didn't attend church. His wife Polly did and was a devout Christian, but she would go on her own.
only one advocated for involvement of the Christian faith in public affairs (John Jay).
literal who?
secularism is social progress, and thus, woke.
literal who?
- Minister to Spain during the Revolutionary War.
- A negotiator for the Treaty of Paris. Later negotiated "Jay's Treaty" which was deeply unpopular but arguably delayed another war with Britain until Madison got drunk on imperialism one night and started the War of 1812.
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs when the US was still under the Articles of Confederation (acting Secretary of State under Washington several months thereafter).
- Third co-author of The Federalist Papers with Hamilton and Madison.
- First Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court (albeit at this time the caseload was light, and the court's stature was nothing like it became under Marshall). This mainly included establishing how the court was actually supposed to do its job.
- Governor of New York for six years and got emancipation passed there.
Jay was incredibly influential in the early success of the US, but no one thing he did is individually "sexy", so he's not liable to be the focus of a secondary school US history lesson.
wasn't there also something about bi party?
Washington, in particular, was an opponent of political parties as a whole, which he felt lent themselves to tribalism and graft.
So, besides being Six-foot-eight, and weighing a fucking ton, he was also precognizant.
He also has a wig for his wig and a brain for a heart.
This level of foreshadowing would be seen as trite if in a recent work of fiction.
Pretty sure that liberals (in the center-left popular definition) haven't been using"woke" in ages, since the term has been successfully muddied and vilified by conservatives.
