Paine, Burr, Franklin, Laurens, most of the cool proto-socialist dudes upstairs from Jefferson et al in the radical assemblies of the Provincial Conference (who forced the signing of the declaration of Independence by voting for Pennsylvania to unilaterally declare independence.)
That said, Jefferson was probably in the upper third of founders morally simply for rising to the position of hypocrite. Most of the southern founders were absolute unrepentant monsters.
Paine, Burr, Franklin, Laurens, most of the cool proto-socialist dudes upstairs from Jefferson et al in the radical assemblies of the Provincial Conference (who forced the signing of the declaration of Independence by voting for Pennsylvania to unilaterally declare independence.)
That said, Jefferson was probably in the upper third of founders morally simply for rising to the position of hypocrite. Most of the southern founders were absolute unrepentant monsters.
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Paine is, i think, the only one who you can really say was good without asterisks
skimming his wikipedia and saying fuck yeah every three lines
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