In Which Izabella Kaminska Channels One Of The American Founding Fathers

 John Adams, attorney, President, philosopher of politics famously wrote:

 

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. 

It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

—Letter to Massachusetts Militia, 11 October 1798

Although he was a very religious person, the actual point of his argument is that if you can't control yourself from within, you will be controlled from without. Religion was just the vehicle for self-control that he was most familiar with.

Compare/contrast with one of Ms. Kaminska's tweets earlier today:

FWIW I am also coming to the conclusion that democracy doesn’t work unless society is already homogenous due to other factors, whether culture, religion or ideology. This means liberalism and democracy only work for as long as everyone “freely” opts to think the same way.

— Izabella Kaminska (@izakaminska) May 10, 2022

THREAD

As Madison (some say Hamilton, it was Madison) wrote in Federalist 51 [para 4]:

"But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? 

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, 

neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.  

 

Izzy is on a bit of a Twitter roll today:

https://twitter.com/izakaminska

Although the Adams/Kaminska comparison does break down after a while.

For example, I'm pretty sure she never had to share a bed with Benjamin Franklin.