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nowaypablo · 3467 days ago · link · · parent · post: Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong
Haven't gotten to that yet in my class, though I'm two days behind on my textbook readings! To people unfamiliar with the story, it is absolutely vital to note that Burr killed Hamilton because they tried to settle their beef with a duel. yeah. an actual, fucking duel. Which Hamilton– leader of the first political party of the United States, father of the first U.S. Bank, and Washington's Chief of Staff after signing the Declaration of Independence– thought was a good idea. And then Burr ran away to Georgia.