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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: puborectalis who wrote (921572)2/16/2016 12:08:19 AM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) of 1578495
 
Yeah, I know. While the Founders were pretty bright guys, they weren't gods. And they knew it. Nor were they all of one mind. Only morons would have believed nothing would change over the intervening centuries. Whatever else you want to say about them, they weren't morons.

They did their best. Some things worked out, like having three branches to the government. Some things didn't, the whole militia thing, for example. George Washington was skeptical about them filling in for a trained army and he was proven right during the various rebellions and the War of 1812. Which is why Congress killed them off in the early 1800s.

But founders myths are the heart of nationalism. And that is the heart of fascism. So we have this skewing of history. The Koch brothers, through their various think tanks, pushed this idea of originalism because it is a great way to destroy our democracy.
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