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Fears of a Setting Sun

Dennis C. Rasmussen ยท 2021

A political history of the early United States arguing that the founding fathers grew deeply pessimistic about the nation before their deaths.

Russ Roberts praises it as an interesting work exploring how the founding fathers became pessimistic about the country.

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โ€œI read a really interesting book recently you might be familiar with called Fear of a Setting Sun, which is by a historian who makes his claim that almost to a man, the founding fathers of the United States became blackpilled on America before their death.โ€

Why: It is a really interesting book that explores how the founding fathers became pessimistic about the country before they died.

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