The Neo-Confederate Revolution « Building a Better GOP

I'm a Democrat - but a Chinese democrat - I believe in the yin-yang, that the contending and collaborating male and female impulses are an inherent contradiction in human society.  Can't have one without the other.  That is not centrism, not half-a-loaf is better than no loaf.  It is the idea that the truth in both sides must be recognized and managed successfully.  I think that is why Chris Ladd remains a Republican - despite his knowledge that the GOP is basically a train wreck in slow motion.  Somehow, he believes, we'll get to where we must.  - GWC
The Neo-Confederate Revolution « Building a Better GOP:
by Chris Ladd - GOP Lifer

 "When General Lee handed Grant his surrender and my ancestors went home in defeat, there was reason to believe that one of the great unresolved conflicts over the meaning of the American experiment had been laid to a bloody rest. No, I’m not talking about slavery and no, it did not in fact prove to be the end. The most important original argument over American’s identity was best encapsulated in the competing visions of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.  Simply put, Hamilton was a proto-capitalist New York banker who wanted to see the country embrace a commercial model.  His vision would require a strong central government to invest in infrastructure and regulation. Jefferson was a Southern plantation owner who wanted a republic of small landholders where each was practically sovereign on his own property.  His model required almost no central government.  It was simple and in the beginning it was dominant, especially in the South"....

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