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      11 months ago

      Those papers are not saying what you want them to say. Alexander Hamilton is saying Militias are not good enough and if a standing army goes awry then the state’s forces can stand up to them.

      He is literally advocating for the police and national guard. Part of his argument is that the modern GOP idea of minutemen was bad and that the Continental Army did the heavy lifting. So we should do what we need until we can raise a standing Army and then use State forces as a check against tyranny at the federal level.

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        11 months ago

        They absolutely are…no where does it say it’s advocating for a national standing military…how did you come to that conclusion lol

        and if the general government should be found in practice conducive to the prosperity and felicity of the people, it were irrational to believe that they would be disinclined to its support.

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          11 months ago

          You keep pulling out snippets like I didn’t read the entire thing. And this snippet has nothing to do with his defense of a future standing army.