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Well, not quite everyone. White male property owners.

• Legion 16y ago
  It wouldn't be open source without license disagreements.
• carbocation 16y ago
  That's pithy and funny, but not really fair to most of the Founders. Akhil Amar's biography of the Constitution gives a readable refutation of that concept.
  • KC8ZKF 16y ago
    He doesn't really refute the concept as much as he suggests the system was better than others at the time.
    • carbocation 16y ago
      In his lectures, at least, he argues not only that the system was better than others at the time, but also that the founders designed it in a far more democratic way than people give them credit for in retrospect. Perhaps this was not emphasized in the book; it's been awhile since I read it.
      • moultano 16y ago
        It is a very difficult thing to argue for the correct amount of credit to give a historical figure. I respect anyone who tries.