Benjamin Franklin died in 1790. He knew nothing of fiat currency, central banking, global military alliances, or digital surveillance. Any conversation between Franklin and a modern president would begin with confusion, require extensive explanation of current conditions, and feature Franklin [...]
The architects of the American constitutional system expressed recurring concerns about the concentration of power in financial and governmental institutions. These concerns emerged from direct observation of how centralized authority functioned in European monarchies and colonial administration. [...]
