Author's Thesis While many revere Alexander Hamilton as one of the greatest founding fathers of the United States of America and as one who left a positive and enduring legacy on American society, the book Hamilton's Curse by Tomas J. DiLorenzo attacks this widely accepted notion of Hamilton as an angelic figure and describes Hamilton from a different perspective . DiLorenzo examines the beliefs and work of Hamilton and explains that the man's legacy significantly damaged American freedom and nullified much of the liberty attained through the American Revolution. Hamilton's beliefs and policies damaged American capitalism while significantly expanding the size of the federal government and limiting the rights of individual citizens. Additionally,…show more content… Jefferson also strongly opposed national debt and the interference in international affairs merely for "imperial glory" (Dilorenzo 3). The author argues that while many Americans have more reverence for the work of Jefferson, ultimately, the policies and influence of Hamilton has had more of an effect on the government policies of the present day as Hamilton's ideas have lived on posthumously through the work of politicians such as Abraham Lincoln all while the beliefs of Jefferson have almost completely lost their…show more content… Present-day citizens of American often fail to act against overwhelming government power because they lack sufficient knowledge about U.S. history and fail to understand that government did not always act as it does today. Readers of Hamilton's Curse, equipped with knowledge, should be eager to promote policies that remove power from the gargantuan federal government knowing America only restore civil liberties through the decrease of the current regime and not through the promotion of more government intervention. DiLorenzo's arguments overall remain clear and initiate a call to action among the American
