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Men of Shad
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This cycle reflects Cole's pessimism, and is often seen as a commentary on Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. (Note, for instance, the military hero at the centre of "Consummation.") However, some Democrats had a different theory of the course of empire. They saw not a spiral or cycle but a continuing upward trajectory. Levi Woodbury, a Democrat and a justice of the United States Supreme Court, for instance, responded to Cole by saying that there would be no destruction in the United States
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I-I-It won't happen!!!!!
yeah thomas cole was an artistic genius
if you note the small details in each image
painting
you can see the beginning of decadence
in consumation
very strange how profoundly aware of history the founders were and how ignorance had already penetrated the supreme court only a generation later
it's real fuckin good
im hurt
seems like america has been declining since around 1800
but i doubt americans will be able to compute that until at least 200 years from now
@F-Star did you know the founders actually thought that the constitution wouldnt last long
they knew
no they didn't
i think it was ben franklin who answered the question of what kind of country are you leaving for us
saying "a republic, if you can keep it"
the idea for the american government has always been to be a republic
ehh idk
but they thought that the constitution would end up like the Articles of Confederation at some point
would be replaced and thrown out
there were the federalists and the antifederalists
some people think america should have stopped at the articles of confederation
yeah
and seeing constitution as it is today, i think they were right
the officials of the states were actually tricked into writing a new constitution
they didn't call for a constitutional assembly at first
and fucking george washington
imagine being such a chad that people gathered together just bc you were involved
the guy was a complete badass
he was a popular politician
What's nebuliac
wasnt washington super insecure about his upbringing