>because the writers of founding document of the United States didn't not foresee the level of control the rich and corporate would truly have in this modern er

>because the writers of founding document of the United States didn't not foresee the level of control the rich and corporate would truly have in this modern era They did, that's why they limited the power of the federal government to interstate commerce and defence. It was later generations that decided interstate commerce means activities that take place in a single state[0] and that we should use legal trickery to get around the protections they created. [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn