Hamilton Foresaw Castro, Chavez, Mugabe et al.

Despite having co-written the Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton was oddly reviled as a pawn of Britain and the key mover in a "monarchical party" that would undo the gains of the American Revolution while acting as our first Treasury Secretary.

For Hamilton, who knew the real path to tyranny, this was almost funny. Had he wanted to impose monarchy upon America he said he "...would mount the hobbyhorse of popularity, I would cry out usurpation, danger to liberty etc. etc. I would endeavor to prostrate the national government, raise a ferment, and then ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm."

Clearly he read Burke who said that "men do not readily relinquish their freedoms except under some grand illusion."

Unfortunately there has not been enough Hamilton or Burke studied in places like Venezuela or Zimbabwe. Even worse, I'm afraid there has not been enough Hamilton or Burke studied in places like the United States of America.