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Pamphlets to Posts: The Founders Would Have Been Keyboard Warriors

RealClearWire—If America’s Founding Fathers were still with us today, they wouldn’t avoid social media—they’d master it.

Popular platforms like X, Facebook, Truth Social, and Instagram can reduce our ability to build trusting relationships and cross political boundaries. But they are also incredibly powerful tools to spread news and perspectives—and are not inherently incompatible with thoughtful citizenship. 

The American Revolution itself was fueled by the disruptive communication methods of its day. Patriots embraced every available tool to spread their message, rally support, and build a movement for liberty.

The Founders were not communication purists, but communication innovators. They were the pamphlet generation, and in a way, progenitors of the modern keyboard generation.

The prominent methods of the day in 1776 were elite formal speeches and scholarly essays. But as John Adams wisely noted, “Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.”

So the “ungrateful colonials” used nails, trees, horses, and town criers to inform the public. We employ websites and phones. Although we don’t even need to leave our chairs to promote liberty, the goal is no different. 

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