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Originally Posted by Crumb
Once Upon a Time...: Concerning the American Change in Management, and the Lies that Will Kill You
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The government established by the Constitution was the indispensable means by which the ruling class established its dominion over the new nation and sought to ensure the continuation of that dominion into the future. That government was created by and for the benefit of a very small number of privileged individuals; the vast majority of "the people" were struck from the ranks of those with whom it was concerned in any positive sense.
The Constitution created a government of, by and for the most wealthy and powerful Americans -- and it made certain (insofar as men can make such things certain) that their rule would never be seriously threatened. The most wealthy and powerful Americans were the ones who wrote it, after all.
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I find this very depressing. Interesting, but depressing.
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Here's another interesting read along the same lines as the Terry Bouton book that blogger Silber is liberally quoting from, all about the assholishness of the founding fathers. Particularly James Madison...
For those with an hour to kill,
here's Holton talking about his book back in '07 at the MA Historical.
If people knew their history they wouldn't be so enamored of the Founding Fuckheads.
And teh gridlock in Washington? It's built in, baby. Government is supposed to NOT work, exactly the way it doesn't.