POLSCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Evry, Direct Democracy, Hunter-Gatherer
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Paine"s agrarian justice proposes to establish cash grants to 21-year olds. Edmund randoph: he wants the constitution to not resemble the constitution of the states. What shay"s taught the founders: tax rebellion owed debts to the elite class, so printing more money (devalued currency b/c not gold) does not bene t the elite, b/c theyre not getting the full return on their investment. Shays and a group of farmers took over the courthouse pretty peaceful rebellion. Is a law proposed concerning private debts? you"ll have creditors as parties on one side and the debtors on the other. Justice out to hold the balance b/w them. Yet the parties are and must be themselves the judges; and the most numerous party, or the most powerful faction must be expected to prevail (43). learned: "the most numerous is the most powerful" But big numbers does not equal power: it"s really hard to get the majority to organize themselves into one e ort.
