Dad Saves America

Last week, Zohran Mamdani “celebrated” this country’s 250th birthday by sitting behind George Washington’s desk and lecturing America about who we are. His own mother once said he isn't American at all, and never wanted to be. These days, most other countries have a higher opinion of the United States than Democrats.
Every immigrant who takes the citizenship oath swears to uphold values we’ve stopped taking seriously as a country. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court just upheld birthright citizenship, even for children born to parents with no allegiance to this country. Citizenship was once understood to be a responsibility, including civic and military participation, but not anymore.
The question is whether becoming a citizen means becoming an American, or if it’s just a formality.
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I sat down with Phil Magness, economic historian and author of “The 1619 Project Myth,” to discuss how the New York Times rewrote the founding narrative of the United States, first in print but eventually in schools nationwide.
We get into:
* How Phil caught a fabricated claim about Excel and plantations
* How the “new historians of capitalism” rewrote economic history
* Why Adam Smith, the father of capitalism, disproves the 1619 narrative
* Why libertarians and marxists united against the 1619 Project
* How Phil caught the Times quietly deleting its own claims
* The real story the Declaration of Independence tells about slavery
* How Britain and the US ended the slave trade
* The claim that slavery was the main driver of American wealth
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Outline:
[0:00] What is the 1619 Project?
[6:23] Was capitalism built on slavery?
[17:03] Southern culture was anti-capitalist
[23:02] Adam Smith on mercantilism and slavery
[33:04] How did the NYT get this so wrong?
[37:44] Was the revolution fought to preserve slavery?
[44:00] What did Jefferson think about slavery?
[49:26] The NYT refused to correct the record
[56:03] How slavery began to be abolished
[1:05:41] Slavery isn’t an American institution
[1:12:04] They hate capitalism more than racism
[1:20:02] Phil’s Twitter battle with Nikole Hannah-Jones
[1:31:48] The economics of slavery
[1:38:32] How should we teach about slavery?
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Most Americans can quote a line or two of the Declaration of Independence, but almost no one has actually read the whole thing. Today I'm going line by line to unpack what Jefferson was actually arguing and why it matters even more now than it did in 1776.
A generation raised with little independence and everything on demand can’t fully understand the values woven into the Declaration and how they apply today. In 2026, it isn’t all that suprising that Gen Z is increasingly pro-socialism and anti-patriotism.
Our creed won't pass itself on. That's our job as parents.
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Check my sources over on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/dadsavesamerica/p/the-real-reason-gen-z-doesnt-care?r=24ayxm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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I sat down with historian James Hankins, who recently resigned from Harvard after 40 years, to discuss why academia abandoned Western civilization, the institutional mechanisms that silence dissent, and how we can embrace the Western roots of America in the 21st century.
We get into:
* Why he left Harvard and joined the Hamilton School in Florida
* How fear of student backlash silences even tenured professors
* What happened to Harvard’s commitment to Western civilization
* Why teaching “global history” misses the point of education
* The link between Christianity, liberalism, and capitalism
* The classical education movement as antidote to institutional rot
* Why America needs to reclaim its Western heritage
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Outline:
[0:00] Why he left Harvard after 40 years
[7:51] The decline of elite higher education
[18:12] The big lie about Western Civilization
[25:27] Global history vs. narrative history
[42:04] Does history help us predict the future?
[49:45] What is Western Civilization?
[1:01:23] Islamic conquest and the Dark Ages
[1:05:20] The origins of liberalism
[1:19:07] How did the Church enforce canon law?
[1:24:42] The evolution of usury laws
[1:33:19] America’s role in Western Civilization
[1:39:45] The French Revolution’s societal self-hatred
[1:47:30] The Radicalism of the American Revolution
[1:54:04] Do Catholics belong in America?
[2:01:20] Is the “Protestant work ethic” real?
[2:07:32] What to prioritize when educating your kids
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The United States is a constitutional republic, not a democracy. Today I'm going back to the original text of the Constitution to uncover what it actually says, and just as importantly, what it doesn't.
The Constitution never mentions health, education, or retirement. The president was never meant to wield this much power. The Senate was never supposed to be directly elected. And the First Amendment almost wasn't about free speech at all.
The Founding Fathers didn't trust pure democracy. After 250 years, it's pretty clear they were right.
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Check my sources over on Substack: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/p/our-government-was-never-meant-to?r=24ayxm
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