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When I read the Constitution and other things from that time period, it seems to me that the founders' primary concern was making sure that rich white men maint
by baddox 11y ago
When I read the Constitution and other things from that time period, it seems to me that the founders' primary concern was making sure that rich white men maintained power over government rather than a king.
- CPLX 11y agoIndeed. But why bring facts into the discussion?
- baddox 11y agoI'm not upset. Americans have very averse reactions to accusations about the fundamentals of the American government. I went through public school in America so I am not at all surprised. A significant portion of public school here is dedicated to very explicitly outlining how amazing and enlightened the founding fathers were.
- CPLX 11y agoAs one does, history being written by the victors and such.
- CyberDildonics 11y agoYou haven't given an examples of what you are talking about so I'm not sure you should switch on the self righteousness just yet. Glamorizing historical figures is ridiculous and if you look at the replies, no one thinks the current system is perfect or even close. Even so, the amount of decentralization and the relative success of that structure in government was an enormous leap from the state of governments at the time.
- baddox 11y agoI made a fairly simple claim which had nothing to do with your claims about the relative success of the US government or the enormity of the leap from the state of governments at the time.