48: How Libertarian Were the Founding Fathers?
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English - September 14, 2017 16:34 - 45 minutes - 55.2 MB - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week is the 230th anniversary of the US Constitution. Caleb takes this time to review the inner libertarianism of the Founding Fathers and how much of a libertarian document the Constitution is. While the right tends to deify the constitution and the founders, and the left dehumanizes them, the truth is somewhere in between. […]
This week is the 230th anniversary of the US Constitution. Caleb takes this time to review the inner libertarianism of the Founding Fathers and how much of a libertarian document the Constitution is. While the right tends to deify the constitution and the founders, and the left dehumanizes them, the truth is somewhere in between. While neither are perfect, it is their imperfection that showcases how incredible they are.
Caleb goes over the libertarian elements in the Constitution, some more libertarian Founders, and some who are less than libertarian. Caleb closes with the lessons we could all learn from the constitution this year as we move forward.
Show Notes:
Lessons on Liberty for Constitution Day
Liberty’s First Crisis; Charles Slack
Patrick Henry – Bill of Rights Institute
1798 – Sedition Act Becomes Federal Law