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> You know how many Americans have a weird dislike of government intervention. These are the guys that paid to make that happen. > Americans > Weird dislike

> You know how many Americans have a weird dislike of government intervention. These are the guys that paid to make that happen. > Americans > Weird dislike Sounds like European coping. > These are the guys that paid to make that happen A GAN's smooshed rendition of the closing line of every documentary. This style is distinctly le redditour. What exactly is your background? Regardless, nobody paid to make Americans dislike government, and if you crack open a history book you'll find that governments did that themselves. I'd recommend you start with the reasons for the bill of rights. That said we should ban the lead

ZeroGravitas 5y ago
The government at the time of the Bill of Rights was voted for by, and therefore represented the interests of, about 6% of the population: > Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying white males (about 6% of the population).[1] However, some states allowed also Black males to vote, and New Jersey also included unmarried and widowed women, regardless of color. Since married women were not allowed to own property, they could not meet the property qualifications.[2] Like the Magna Carta, and other historical staging-posts towards modern democracy, it was a step in the right direction, but somewhat ridiculous to hold it up as a reason to mistrust government generally.
- bendbro 5y ago
  I never argued that the bill of rights is a reason to mistrust the government. I am arguing that the bill of rights is evidence that Americans have had some unspecified reason to mistrust the government embedded in their culture since founding, well before the lead paint guys started buying power. > The government at the time of the Bill of Rights was voted for by, and therefore represented the interests of, about 6% of the population where that population is > property-owning or tax-paying white males So are you arguing that mostly white males dislike government intervention? If not, what subpopulation are you arguing it is that dislikes intervention?

ZeroGravitas 5y ago

The government at the time of the Bill of Rights was voted for by, and therefore represented the interests of, about 6% of the population: > Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying white males (about 6% of the population).[1] However, some states allowed also Black males to vote, and New Jersey also included unmarried and widowed women, regardless of color. Since married women were not allowed to own property, they could not meet the property qualifications.[2] Like the Magna Carta, and other historical staging-posts towards modern democracy, it was a step in the right direction, but somewhat ridiculous to hold it up as a reason to mistrust government generally.

bendbro 5y ago
I never argued that the bill of rights is a reason to mistrust the government. I am arguing that the bill of rights is evidence that Americans have had some unspecified reason to mistrust the government embedded in their culture since founding, well before the lead paint guys started buying power. > The government at the time of the Bill of Rights was voted for by, and therefore represented the interests of, about 6% of the population where that population is > property-owning or tax-paying white males So are you arguing that mostly white males dislike government intervention? If not, what subpopulation are you arguing it is that dislikes intervention?