
Ep. 2243 Thomas Paine: Radical American Hero
The Tom Woods Show
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Payne's Dissertation of the First Principles of Government Is Essentially a Treatise of the Supreme Being
Payne grew up in a time where the aristocratic tradition and monarchy was so deeply entrenched that he was mostly against things. He believed in rewarding people that did well based upon their own efforts, rather than through hereditary distinctions and privileges. Payne's book dissertations of the first principles of government is essentially a treatise that it's just a pro-hard money.
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