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Undefined Power: Anti-Federalist Federal Farmer No. 4-5 | Path to Liberty Podcast

Federal Farmer warned that liberty under the constitution would depend primarily on the worst of all possible checks, “the prudence, wisdom and moderation of those who manage the affairs of government.”

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Uncontrolled Despotism: Mercy Otis Warren on the Constitution | Path to Liberty Podcast

In her widely-read and influential anti-federalist essay, Mercy Otis Warren warned that the Constitution would abandon the principles of the American Revolution and facilitate consolidation of the states under a powerful national government. In other words, it would lead to unlimited centralized power – similar to the system the colonists had fought to leave.

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The Perils of Centralization: Anti-Federalist Federal Farmer No. 2-3 | Path to Liberty Podcast

The Federal Farmer lays out a laundry list of reasons why the system under the constitution “will have a strong tendency to aristocracy, or the government of the few.” Predicting it would ultimately result in a consolidated government ruling by “fear and force.”

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Beware of Tyrants: Anti-Federalist Federal Farmer No. 1 | Path to Liberty Podcast

In the first of his 18 anti-federalist letters, the Federal Farmer warned against adopting a new system hastily out of fear, which has always “been the custom of tyrants and their dependents.” Instead, he urged caution - and a deeper look at what might lead to total consolidation and a destruction of liberty.

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Were the Anti-Federalists right? | Tenth Amendment Center

You see, the "Federalists" we've come to know and love or despise were in reality nationalists who sought to centralize power in the general government by hook or crook.

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The Imperial Senate: Anti-Federalist Warnings | Path to Liberty Podcast

A permanent or baneful aristocracy - despite federalist assurances to the contrary - with senators mostly serving for life - that's what many anti-federalists warned we'd get with the structure of the federal Senate.

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Patrick Henry: Top Anti-Federalist Warnings | Path to Liberty Podcast

In a series of speeches during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry laid out much of the anti-federalist case against ratification without amendments. The foundation underlying all his arguments was a consistent warning against consolidation - or centralized power - and trusting people with that power.

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Antifederalist: Top Warnings from the Federal Farmer | Path to Liberty Podcast

In his series of 18 letters, Federal Farmer repeatedly warned about the dangers of centralized power, predicting that the proposed government would end in “the destruction of freedom.” Path to Liberty: August 14, 2023

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Treaties, Trials and Supremacy: Patrick Henry's Anti-Federalist Speeches 8-10 | Path to Liberty Podcast from Tenth Amendment Center

In a series of speeches during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry warned against a combination of the treaty, the judicial power and - the supremacy clause - that it would lead to government violating individual liberty with impunity.

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Taxation: Anti-Federalist Warnings Ignored | Path to Liberty Podcast

Unlimited power. Robbery. Consolidation. Anti-federalists repeatedly warned that a federal power of direct taxation would destroy liberty.

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