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The American Revolution: What The Left Gets Wrong (Part 2)

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May 1, 2024
Marxist historian James Vaughn discusses what the left gets wrong about the American Revolution, focusing on slavery, genocide, and racism of the Founding Fathers. The importance of analyzing the totality of the American project with its contradictions is emphasized for leftists.
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INSIGHT

Free Labor, Not Theft, Drove Western Wealth

  • The New History of Capitalism overstates slavery and dispossession as the root of Western prosperity.
  • James Vaughn argues labor productivity from free-labor social relations, not expropriation, drove Western wealth.
INSIGHT

Founders Expected Peaceable Integration

  • Founders like Jefferson and Washington generally believed indigenous peoples could join commercial society as free laborers.
  • They envisioned peaceful integration via agriculture, trade, and participation in U.S. government.
ANECDOTE

Jefferson's 1803 Plan For Indian Integration

  • James Vaughn reads Jefferson's 1803 confidential message proposing trade, agriculture, and factories to 'civilize' tribes.
  • Jefferson framed integration as mutually beneficial and a path to participate in U.S. government.
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