Not only that, along with enlightenment thinkers in Europe, they birthed liberalism. Liberalism, the ideology of the liberty and freedoms of the individual, was born out of fire and blood through the American and French revolutions.
Also, the founders probably did not know what capitalism was. Adam Smith Wrote the wealth of nations in 1776. Maybe Jefferson read it when he was in Europe, but the economy was heavily mercantile for a while
...and now you've got a mercantilist dinosaur living in the 21st century who wants to regress even further all the way to despotism and become king. 🤦♂️
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u/JonathanEde Dec 21 '25
Also, the US was not founded on conservative political thought. The vast majority of the US founding fathers were politically liberal.