Prove me wrong. Dude created the post office and one of the first newspaper media organizations, The Pennsylvania Gazette: Bought in 1729 at age 23 with partner Hugh Meredith, Franklin quickly turned this failing paper into a premier source of news and advertising in North America.
During the Revolutionary War, Franklin created a fake supplement to a Boston newspaper, detailing atrocities to influence public opinion against the British. (SCREAMS INTJ)
Benjamin Franklin was also the first Postmaster General of the United States, he was dismissed by the British in 1774 for supporting the colonies (INTJ AF), he was immediately appointed by the Continental Congress on July 26, 1775. He modernized the colonial mail system by improving speed, introducing night riding, surveying routes, and standardizing rates based on weight and distance, setting the foundation for the USPS.
Key contributions include inventing bifocals, the lightning rod, and Franklin stove, founding the first US lending library, and pioneering electrical research, including defining positive/negative charges.
Only person to sign all four key documents of the American Revolution: Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Alliance with France, Treaty of Paris, and the US Constitution.
MOST IMPORTANTLY- Benjamin Franklin evolved from a slaveholder into a vocal abolitionist late in life, serving as president of the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery from 1787 until his death in 1790. He authored influential essays on emancipation, advocated for free black education, and submitted a historic 1790 petition to Congress urging abolition.
If this were a different sub I would feel the need to explain but yall can connect the dots. Systems that still exist to this day and we can thank Ol Ben for that. Every now and then one of us is actually born at the right time. I was definitely born 25 years too early for full optimization. 😔