Alexander Hamilton vs Thomas Jefferson

[darklordoftech]

Liberals voting for Hamilton never fails to crack me up.

Hamilton (BigGummintIsBestGummint)

I literally can’t fathom how much you would have hated that man, assuming your ideology is the same.

What I don’t understand is the idea that people should be partisan to the point that they should support historical politicians of their party and hate historical politicians of the opposing party.

[darklordoftech]

You still have the puritan influence from the days of the Federalists (though as we are discussing in another board, that was fading by the late 19th century).

What other board is this being discussed in?

[darklordoftech]

I don’t think that the morality of historical politicians should be determined by how conservative or liberal they were.

[darklordoftech]

Adam Smith favored Jefferson’s economic ideas over Hamilton’s. What views would Adam Smith have today?