Reformatting crash course socialism.
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[Socialism FAQ](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/socialism_faq.md)
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[Why do communists dislike liberals?](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/4uaxjf/whats_the_deal_with_communists_hating_liberals/)
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[What's the role of the state in the revolution, and what is a state?](https://theimmortalscience.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/the-state-and-revolution-an-overview/)
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[What's the difference between anarchism and communism?](https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateCommunism/comments/576t0d/im_an_anarchocommunist_leninise_me/)
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[Why do Marxists oppose individual terrorism? (Trotsky)](https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1911/11/tia09.htm)
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[Why do many socialist attempts end up in an authoritarian state? Watch this brilliant talk by Micheal Parenti](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYVes44hcJg&feature=youtu.be), or read his article, [Left anticommunism, the unkindest cut](http://www.greanvillepost.com/2015/05/23/left-anticommunism-the-unkindest-cut/).
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[Why are communists against markets?](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/market_socialism.md)
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[What are Mao's contributions to Marxism? (MLM)](https://jiminykrix.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/what-maoism-has-to-offer-the-world-and-why-so-many-former-non-communists-think-its-dope/)
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[Is it true that Socialism has killed X million people, and how many has capitalism killed?](https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/5q2oak/someone_dies_under_socialism_no_matter_how_its/dcvu8lg/)
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[Do communists defend the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of North Korea)? short answer: no.](https://www.reddit.com/r/FULLDISCOURSE/comments/60voir/lets_talk_about_the_dprk/)
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# Media
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## Videos
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## Documentaries
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- [Paul Robeson - Here I Stand](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUki-v-NvoE)
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- [Black gods with guns - Robert F Williams and Black Power](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxqK6eqwwLc)
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- [Seeing Red](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhmGVnHxtf0)
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- [Malcolm X - Make it Plain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zIGNkR62Mo)
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- [How Yukong moved the mountains (Chinese Revolution)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLN-jRZRPrc&list=PLMt0ncvnKoz3ar_f78qBeA29-0kwrsXvT)
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- [Tsar to Lenin](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:02a5f8e618049ddcc8885360abeffd1db562d6d8&dn=Tsar.To.Lenin.720p.x264.MP3.MVGroup.Forum.org.avi)
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- [The Upright Man (Thomas Sankara)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Vlt41HPUE)
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- [Paul Robeson - Here I Stand](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUki-v-NvoE)
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- [Fidel - The untold story (Cuban Revolution)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2Obp6YS4SY)
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- [How Yukong moved the mountains (Chinese Revolution)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLN-jRZRPrc&list=PLMt0ncvnKoz3ar_f78qBeA29-0kwrsXvT)
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- [Malcolm X - Make it Plain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zIGNkR62Mo)
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- [The Upright Man (Thomas Sankara)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Vlt41HPUE)
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- [Black gods with guns - Robert F Williams and Black Power](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxqK6eqwwLc)
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- [The Act of Killing - Communist purging in Indonesia](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:e5be6accaffca538de67cfacad28b6514ff1f889)
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- [Mao Tse-tung - Greatest Revolutionary of our time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQfu5N0BRq0)
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- [Lenin - old British Documentary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGE6T3SRNAs)
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- [Oliver Stone - Untold History of the US](magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0c9e61eae5abb0618f09de1fc81e4d74031a6c47)
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- [Soviet Storm - WW2 in the East](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhXKlYnSWjA&app=desktop)
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## Parties / Groups
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[Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)](https://iww.org/), [Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL)](http://www.pslweb.org/), [Socialist Alternative (SA)](http://www.socialistalternative.org/), [Committee for a Workers' International (CWI)](http://www.socialistworld.net/), [Redneck Revolt / John Brown Gun Club](https://www.redneckrevolt.org/about)
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- [Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)](https://iww.org/)
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- [Redneck Revolt / John Brown Gun Club](https://www.redneckrevolt.org/about)
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- [Huey P Newton Gun Club](https://hueypnewtongunclub.org/)
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- [Socialist Alternative (SA)](http://www.socialistalternative.org/), [Committee for a Workers' International (CWI)](http://www.socialistworld.net/)
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- [Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL)](http://www.pslweb.org/)
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- [Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)](https://www.dsausa.org/)
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## Online Communities
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[/r/LateStageCapitalism](https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/), [/r/socialism](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/), [/r/anarchism](https://www.reddit.com/r/Anarchism/), [/r/communism](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/), [/r/socialistRA](https://reddit.com/r/socialistRA), [/r/socialistprogrammers](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialistprogrammers/), [/r/TheTrotskyists](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTrotskyists/), [/r/militant](https://www.reddit.com/r/militant/)
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- [/r/LateStageCapitalism](https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/)
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- [/r/socialistRA](https://reddit.com/r/socialistRA)
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- [/r/socialism](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/)
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- [/r/communism](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/)
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- [/r/anarchism](https://www.reddit.com/r/Anarchism/)
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- [/r/socialistprogrammers](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialistprogrammers/)
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- [/r/militant](https://www.reddit.com/r/militant/)
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- 101s
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- [/r/socialism_101](https://www.reddit.com/r/Socialism_101/)
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- [/r/communism101](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/)
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- [/r/anarchy101](https://www.reddit.com/r/Anarchy101/)
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- Memes
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- [/r/FULLCOMMUNISM](https://www.reddit.com/r/FULLCOMMUNISM/)
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- [/r/COMPLETEANARCHY](https://www.reddit.com/r/COMPLETEANARCHY/)
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- [/r/ShitLiberalsSay](https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitLiberalsSay/)
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101s: [/r/socialism_101](https://www.reddit.com/r/Socialism_101/), [/r/anarchy101](https://www.reddit.com/r/Anarchy101/), [/r/communism101](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/)
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Memes: [/r/FULLCOMMUNISM](https://www.reddit.com/r/FULLCOMMUNISM/), [/r/COMPLETEANARCHY](https://www.reddit.com/r/COMPLETEANARCHY/), [/r/ShitLiberalsSay](https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitLiberalsSay/)
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Credit to /u/gab91, /r/socialism, /r/socialism_101, /r/communism101.
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*Credit to [/u/gab91](https://www.reddit.com/u/gab91), [/r/socialism](https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/), [/r/socialism_101](https://www.reddit.com/r/Socialism_101/), [/r/communism101](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism101/).*
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# Favorite apps and services
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## Goals
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- Privacy conscious ( [end-to-end encrypted](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption) )
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- Decentralized, **no reliance** on cloud providers like google, microsoft, apple, spotify, netflix, etc.
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- Self-hosted and self-reliant, simple files preferred.
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- Make sure no sites / services are US based.
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## Media
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- Download all music / movies locally, using torrents behind a vpn.
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- Use [AirVPN](https://airvpn.org/), [Mullvad](https://mullvad.net/), [NordVPN](https://nordvpn.com/), [ProtonVPN](https://protonvpn.com/)
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- Use [qbittorrent](https://www.qbittorrent.org/) or [transmission](https://transmissionbt.com/) for a torrent client.
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- Use [MPV](https://mpv.io/) or [VLC](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html), open source media players to play media.
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- Use [plex](https://www.plex.tv/) for streaming to other devices, point it to your torrent downloads folder.
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## Documents
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- Write all documents and notes in markdown.
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- Use [typora](https://typora.io/), [marktext](https://marktext.github.io/website/), or [vscode](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode) as markdown and code editors.
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- Spreadsheets in [libreoffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/).
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- Install [syncthing](https://syncthing.net/), and put all your documents in a synced folder.
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## Tasks
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- Use a [todo.txt](http://todotxt.org/) file for a personal task list, synced with syncthing.
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- [qtodotxt](http://qtodotxt.org/) as a desktop client, [simpletask cloudless](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.mpcjanssen.simpletask&hl=en_US) for android.
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- For shared task lists, use [etherpad](http://etherpad.org/).
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## Collaboration
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- Self-host an [etherpad](http://etherpad.org/) instance, and share the document.
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## Passwords
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- Use [keepassxc](https://keepassxc.org/).
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- Install the firefox keepassxc plugin.
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- Use a long master pass phrase, with at least 10 words.
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- Sync your password file everywhere you need using syncthing.
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## Chat
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- Use [Signal](https://www.signal.org/) or Matrix / [Riot](https://about.riot.im/).
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- Use [Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/) for email, e2ee with pgp if possible.
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## Social Media
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- [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/), [GNU Social](https://gnu.io/social/).
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## Browsing
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- Use Firefox or TOR browser, with the addons:
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- [uBlock Origin](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/)
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- [HTTPS Everywhere](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-everywhere)
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- [Privacy Badger](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badger17)
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- [uMatrix](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix)
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- [Decentraleyes](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/) - Local CDN emulation, to avoid large CDNs.
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- [Facebook Container](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-container) - As suggested, this keeps all Facebook stuff in it's own Firefox container.
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- [Google Container](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-container/) - The above, but for Google.
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- [Startpage](https://www.startpage.com/) or [Searx](https://searx.me/) as a search engine
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## Operating system
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- Use Linux, preferably Arch Linux or a variant.
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+ [Did the cuban people like Fidel Castro?](#did-the-cuban-people-like-fidel-castro)
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* [On the DPRK](#on-the-dprk)
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+ [Do North Koreans believe in unicorns and think Kim Jong-Un is immortal?](#do-north-koreans-believe-in-unicorns-and-think-kim-jong-un-is-immortal)
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+ [Do communists defend the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of North Korea)? short answer: no, unless its against US imperialism.](https://www.reddit.com/r/FULLDISCOURSE/comments/60voir/lets_talk_about_the_dprk/)
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+ [Is the DPRK a Fascist Monarchy?](#is-the-dprk-a-fascist-monarchy)
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+ [Further reading](#further-reading-4)
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* [Other Topics](#other-topics)
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intact. It was a common sequence in American history.
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- From 1786-87, [Shays' Rebellion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays%27_Rebellion) was an [armed uprising](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_uprising) in [Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts) over dissatisfaction from returning veterans. The rural farming population was generally unable to meet the demands being made of them by merchants or the civil authorities, and individuals began to lose their land and other possessions when they were unable to fulfill their debt and tax obligations. This led to strong resentments against tax collectors and the courts, where creditors obtained and enforced judgments against debtors, and where tax collectors obtained judgments authorizing property seizures. It,and similar conflicts and unrest were pacified by the passing of the 1789 [Bill of Rights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights). <sup>[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays%27_Rebellion)</sup>
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- In 1787, [James Madison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison) in the [Federalist Paper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Federalist_Papers) #10, outlined the primary role of the US constitution, arguing that representative government was needed to maintain peace in a society ridden by factional disputes. These disputes came from "the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society." The problem, he said, was how to control the factional struggles that came from inequalities in wealth. Minority factions could be controlled, he said, by the principle that decisions would be by vote of the majority. So the real problem, according to Madison, was a majority faction, and here the solution was offered by the Constitution, to have "an extensive republic," that is, a large nation ranging over thirteen states, for then "it will be more difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength,and to act in unison with each other.... The influence of factious leaders may kindle a flame within their particular States, but will be unable to spread a general conflagration through the other States." Madison's argument can be seen as a sensible argument for having a government which can maintain peace and avoid continuous disorder. But is it the aim of government simply to maintain order, as a referee, between two equally matched fighters? Or is it that government has some special interest in maintaining a certain kind of order, a certain distribution of power and wealth, a distribution in which government officials are not neutral referees but participants? In that case, the disorder they might worry about is the disorder of popular rebellion against those monopolizing the society's wealth. This interpretation makes sense when one looks at the economic interests, the social backgrounds, of the makers of the Constitution. Charles Beard warned us that governments-including the government of the United States-are not neutral, that they represent the dominant economic interests, and that their constitutions are intended to serve these interests.
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- The 1787 [US Constitution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution) is falsely portrayed as a document representing an ideal of social and political equality, despite every framer being a rich white propertied man. Historian [Charles Beard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_A._Beard) found that a majority of the framers were lawyers by profession, that most of them were men of wealth, in land, slaves, manufacturing, or shipping, that half of them had money loaned out at interest, and that forty of the fifty-five held government bonds, according to the records of the Treasury Department. Thus, Beard found that most of the makers of the Constitution had some direct economic interest in establishing a strong federal government: the manufacturers needed protective tariffs; the money lenders wanted to stop the use of paper money to pay off debts; the land speculators wanted protection as they invaded Indian lands; slave-owners needed federal security against slave revolts and runaways; bondholders wanted a government able to raise money by nationwide taxation, to pay off those bonds. Four groups, Beard noted, were not represented in the Constitutional Convention: slaves, indentured servants, women, men without property. And so the Constitution did not reflect the interests of those groups. He later wrote: "Inasmuch as the primary object of a government, beyond the mere repression of physical violence, is the making of the rules which determine the property relations of members of society, the dominant classes whose rights are thus to be determined must perforce obtain from the government such rules as are consonant with the larger interests necessary to the continuance of their economic processes, or they must themselves control the organs of government."
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- The [American Revolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_revolution) is falsely portrayed as being a social revolution. [Edmund Morgan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Morgan_(historian)) sums up the class nature of the Revolution this way: "The fact that the lower ranks were involved in the contest should not obscure the fact that the contest itself was generally a struggle for office and power between members of an upper class: the new against the established." Looking at the situation after the Revolution, Richard Morris comments: "Everywhere one finds inequality." He finds "the people" of "We the people of the United States" (a phrase coined by the very rich governor Morris) did not mean Indians or blacks or women or white servants. In fact, there were more indentured servants than ever, and the Revolution "did nothing to end and little to ameliorate white bondage." [Carl Degler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Neumann_Degler) says (*Out of Our Past*): "No new social class came to power through the door of the American revolution. The men who engineered the revolt were largely members of the colonial ruling class." George Washington was the richest man in America. John Hancock was a prosperous Boston merchant. Benjamin Franklin was a wealthy printer.
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- The 1787 [US Constitution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution) is falsely portrayed as a document representing an ideal of social and political equality, despite **every framer being a rich white propertied man**. Historian [Charles Beard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_A._Beard) found that a majority of the framers were lawyers by profession, that most of them were **men of wealth, in land, slaves, manufacturing, or shipping**, that half of them had money loaned out at interest, and that forty of the fifty-five held government bonds, according to the records of the Treasury Department. Thus, Beard found that most of the makers of the Constitution had some direct economic interest in establishing a strong federal government: the manufacturers needed protective tariffs; the money lenders wanted to stop the use of paper money to pay off debts; the land speculators wanted protection as they invaded Indian lands; slave-owners needed federal security against slave revolts and runaways; bondholders wanted a government able to raise money by nationwide taxation, to pay off those bonds. Four groups, Beard noted, were not represented in the Constitutional Convention: **slaves, indentured servants, women, men without property**. And so the Constitution did not reflect the interests of those groups. He later wrote: "Inasmuch as the primary object of a government, beyond the mere repression of physical violence, is the making of the rules which *determine the property relations of members of society*, the dominant classes whose rights are thus to be determined must perforce obtain from the government such rules as are consonant with the larger interests necessary to the continuance of their economic processes, or they must themselves control the organs of government."
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- The [American Revolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_revolution) is falsely portrayed as being a social revolution. [Edmund Morgan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Morgan_(historian)) sums up the class nature of the Revolution this way: "The fact that the lower ranks were involved in the contest should not obscure the fact that the contest itself was generally a struggle for office and power between members of an upper class: the new against the established." Looking at the situation after the Revolution, Richard Morris comments: "Everywhere one finds inequality." He finds "the people" of "We the people of the United States" (a phrase coined by the very rich governor Morris) did not mean Indians or blacks or women or white servants. In fact, there were more indentured servants than ever, and the Revolution "did nothing to end and little to ameliorate white bondage." [Carl Degler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Neumann_Degler) says (*Out of Our Past*): "No new social class came to power through the door of the American revolution. The men who engineered the revolt were largely members of the colonial ruling class." **George Washington was the richest man in America**. John Hancock was a prosperous Boston merchant. Benjamin Franklin was a wealthy printer.
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### Prisoners
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