Oligarchies, Monopolies, and the Constitution
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The Reconstruction Debate
The great irony is that, i guess it takes an oligarchy, so to speak, to beat an oligarchy. But it reminds us that these things ebb and that they rise and fall. And sometimes you need one powerful part of government to defeat another. The greatest argument, i think, the greatest eran american political history, after the founding, everything that lincoln and the republicans do. They are looking for ways to create opportunity, much broader opportunity and equality. It's the greatest moment in our history.
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