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The Bill of Rights works because of the genius of the people who wrote it at the time. It starts to not work because of the lust for power of the people in cha
by cynicalpeace 2y ago
The Bill of Rights works because of the genius of the people who wrote it at the time.
It starts to not work because of the lust for power of the people in charge of our bloated government now.
This is a minority opinion on HN, but it's the correct one.
- snapcaster 2y agoWhat are you using as a definition of "working"? Not asking as a bullshit fake question, your comment made me think about how one would even define that
- cynicalpeace 2y agoI was just copying the phrase of the parent commenters. I like to speak freely. I like knowing I can defend my home. I like remaining silent when questioned by authorities. So if I can do those things- it's working. If I can't do those things, it's not working.
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