News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested. Parent comment

Re:Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested by freeopinion on Monday August 10, 2020 @02:11AM (#24106101)
The Federalist Papers are amazing. I could point you to No. 10, but then you would miss out on so much. I think they should be required reading for all USians. There should be a high school class separate from US History that is an entire school year to digest them.

How wonderful it would be to have the luxury to discuss and debate them, along side Marx and others. Pick them apart, mix them together, stir, think, think, think.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested by Shared404 on Monday August 10, 2020 @02:19AM (#24106141)
> I think [The Federalist Papers] should be required reading for all USians. There should be a high school class separate from US History that is an entire school year to digest them.

I just realized, I have never read them outside of the heavily abbreviated versions covered in US history class. I am reading them now, here's a link to them at the Library of Congress for anyone else who would like to read them as well [0]. I have to add, this is my first experience with a government website that is not like nails on a chalkboard to use. It's simple, efficient, and doesn't require enabling _any_ JS.

> How wonderful it would be to have the luxury to discuss and debate them, along side Marx and others. Pick them apart, mix them together, stir, think, think, think.

I don't have much to say on this, except that I needed to comment agreement on how amazing this would be. I believe in an afterlife, and I hope to get this chance.

[0] https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/full-text

Edit: fix link to be to entire set, not just 1-10. Also, complement LOC website.

[ Parent | on HN ]