Maester Steven, I have been on an American Revolution binge recently and wondered if you lean more towards Hamilton and the Federalists or Jefferson and the Republicans. Or if you are taking the neutral Washington route, what aspects from the two competing views do you side with? And could we call the iron throne a sort of mix of the two with a somewhat strong central authority mixed with some regional autonomy? Thanks, love the blog!

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Well, I’m a Tom Paine man, myself, but if I had to choose (we know it’s lose-lose), there’s something to Croly’s formulation of “Hamiltonian means for Jeffersonian ends,” even though a lot of research has questioned the sincerity of the Democratic-Republicans’ populist rhetoric. 

In terms of the Iron Throne, I wouldn’t make that comparison. Westeros is a feudal monarchy, not a republic of any variety. 

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