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That's honestly part of the problem. Increasingly, every single right that we have that was enumerated in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights has been encr
by LocalH 7y ago
That's honestly part of the problem.
Increasingly, every single right that we have that was enumerated in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights has been encroached upon by the government via workarounds and loopholes (see: Commerce Clause).
- willis936 7y agoIf it’s such an issue then surely a larger federal government is the solution.
- claudeganon 7y agoGovernment encroachment of these rights has always been a problem, but the real issue is that America tries to nurture two systems within itself: a liberal, democratic government with correspondingly enshrined rights and an economy arranged around authoritarian hierarchies with no such protections. While it’s all well and good to prevent the government from quashing speech and other rights, when your boss can fire you for saying something they disagree with or if you refuse things like workplace surveillance (potentially costing you your housing and healthcare in the process), these protections seem pretty threadbare. I think we need to do more to check the authoritarianism of our economy if we have any real aspiration to adhere to them.