An interesting quote from the Summary in Opposition. "One might conclude from a study of American history that the liberty they sought was for the liberty of their own privileged class, not the liberty of all. Indeed, early American democracy was very much like Greek democracy, with its emphasis on class structure, property conditions for participation in the democracy, and even slavery. In any event, it certainly did not resemble the egalitarianism of the Iroquois Confederacy."
No, I guess it did not. But the interesting thing here is that this kind of overlooks the idea that America was a "synthesis" of European and Indian values. No one's suggesting that the entirety of the government was modeled after Indians, but that elements of Indian life (such as egalitarianism) and elements of European life (class hierarchies) were melded. At 05:28 PM 1/29/2007, you wrote: >For a fair and balanced view of this issue, check out the following. > >http://www.campton.sau48.k12.nh.us/iroqconf.htm > >The Summary says it all. > >Platt >moq_discuss mailing list >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >Archives: >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
