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nowaypablo · 3685 days ago · link · · parent · post: Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong
Just learned about Hamilton's establishment of the first Bank of the United States in my history class, 20 minutes ago. My teacher explained it as "the first substantial economic decision to protect the welfare of the American upper class by screwing over the poor. Hamilton stabilized the economy by destroying equal opportunity forever. Welcome to America from here on out."
(edit: not to say it wasn't genius. It was genius, and my teacher raves about Hamilton otherwise. But this was a point to be made.)