Palmer Luckey cites Hamilton's 1791 report: anti-automation debates haven't changed in 200 years
ctjlewis · x · 2026-10-26
Palmer Luckey reshares a passage from Alexander Hamilton's 1791 Report on Manufactures, arguing that anti-automation and pro-import arguments of the 1700s hardly differ from today's debates. The quoted text frames machinery as an added labor force that boosts productivity, noting manufacturing benefits more from machinery than agriculture.
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