[cloudjacker]

All of us raised in a capitalist society abide by this social contract, and as such it is more beneficial to have examples of people that played by more effective sets of rules than the next person.

People have learned from this by having a settlement (or rainy day fund) specifically for the government.

You can use it as educational, as a cautionary tale, but there isn't need to pass any retroactive judgment on it, in my opinion. No need to either rosy it up, or highlight something you would rather consider abominable.