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People confuse the arguments made out of political expediency for political gospel. Even though many points made about the constitution were rooted in politica
by wbsss4412 5y ago
People confuse the arguments made out of political expediency for political gospel.
Even though many points made about the constitution were rooted in political theory, and make good sense even today, that doesn’t change the fact that the people involved were politicians who were looking to make the best deal possible within the context of a rapidly failing state under the articles of confederation.
- scarface74 5y agoSee also - slaves being counted as 3/5ths of a person…
- wbsss4412 5y agoThe irony is that always gets brought up as though it was actually meant to represent the value of the slave’s humanity. The large slaveholding states actually wanted 5/5ths whereas states will small slave populations wanted 0/5ths. Slaves couldn’t vote, their interests were ancillary to the whole discussion. The compromise was about pure political power for those that dominated them. The repeal of the 3/5ths clause along with the subsequent legal restrictions and terrorism against the black population of the south that followed, gave the south more power, and subsequently made it harder to dislodge Jim Crow. But your point is still very valid. Somehow people are comfortable compartmentalizing the notion that the constitution is/was perfect, except for that one part that somehow doesn’t count and was “inevitably doomed” anyways.
- pnutjam 5y agoFun fact, the 14th amendment would have never passed if the South had not seceded.