Political and economic history
The phrase “Equal Rights For All. Special Privileges For None,” originated in the late 1820s and captured the essence of political reforms desired by the supporters of Andrew Jackson.
In the late 1880s, an organization of American citizens, primarily farmers from the South and Southwest, recognized that the existing system of agricultural debt peonage was unfair. Like Andrew Jackson’s followers, the farmers initially focused on a series of political reforms, called the Ocala Platform, which were intended to correct the abuses they saw in both the political and economic systems.
George Mason’s arguments for a state-sovereignty constitution would have been a better path for common citizens than Madison’s centralized ruling class regime.
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Laurie Thomas Vass’s book, George Mason’s America: The State Sovereignty Alternative to Madison’s Centralized American Ruling Class Aristocracy, is a compelling examination of this alternate reality. It melds together the principles encapsulated in Mason’s draft of the constitution and conceptualizes an America shaped by this proposed document. The author presents a robust case for Mason’s model, theorizing about the enduring benefits that could have been conferred upon the American citizenry had his proposals been adopted. This book, at its core, pays homage to the life and work of an eminent yet often overshadowed figure in American history, who could be perceived as having been radically ahead of his era.
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Reclaiming the American Democratic Impulse
Working class and middle class American citizens know that something has gone terribly wrong in the American society. They know that the U S. government is not working on their behalf.
This book explains why the Republican Party can never be expected to defend individual natural rights. It offers solutions to the consequences of the Republican abdication by outlining the restoration of a natural rights republic that restores the American cultural ethic of the “self-made” citizen.
The Republicans need to be seen as representing a special interest group, operating within the framework of the checks and balances of social classes, created by Madison and the Founding Federalists.
