RE: Can Trump Become the King of East Asia?
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"I guess you don't respect Benjamin Franklin!"
On the contrary, I greatly admire Benjamin Franklin. The tyrants of Europe were (and still are) utterly detestable, and little has done more good for humanity than that extraordinary transformation of civil society Franklin fundamentally enabled.
"Do you believe Benjamin Franklin exploited the American Revolution for the benefit of Freemasonry?"
I think the subsequent fruits of that evolution of governance across Europe subsequently tell the tale. The combination of secret societies and money avoiding taxes was compelling, and the nobility are notoriously vile even if they're not stealing everything with exorbitant taxes.
"I believe that the alliance between Benjamin Franklin and European financiers enabled America to achieve independence! I believe he created the foundation of American capitalism!"
I agree, and admire him for it. But, Freemasonry has changed in recent centuries. For millennia prior to the American revolution their society was focused on principles of individual sovereignty, freedom, and enabling one another to prosper despite being subjugated to monarchs. After the monarchies were removed, the powerful players in the Illuminati couldn't resist filling that perceived power vacuum, and Masonry has become more a means of perpetuating the power of an elite than of freeing tradesmen from the nobility/elite.