US Founding Fathers Debate
Cluster centers on debates invoking the US Founding Fathers' intentions, views on the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and government principles, often arguing whether modern issues align with or contradict their vision.
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It's a good thing the founding fathers of the US didn't share your views...
The founding fathers would disagree
I'm of course aware of the basis of these documents as an American. However, a lot of the core ideas behind the US' founding were that it was possible to form "a more perfect union". I.e. one where government was done 'right', I.e. democracy. There were certainly anarchists at the time too, but the form of anti-government sentiment we have now seems to be almost pathological; memetic rather than considered.
The appeal to authority via the "founding fathers" probably isn't the best argument one could make. The centuries have propped up a legendary version of them that is a bit different from the reality. In reality they weren't all Christians; Jefferson in particular. Jefferson also said the constitution should be rewritten every 19 years. History has lost the voices of those who dissented.The point is that the values we have ascribed to them may not be accurate. I don't
Actually, the founding fathers had a lot to say on this topic: https://pastebin.com/SfhHWVPb
While I understand your statement and its origins in 19th century thought, you seem to misunderstand the foundations of our government. This is completely normal, as almost no-one really get what the founders thought or why they made the decisions they did.I'm one of those people that obsessively studied that period of history, however. Please, before you comment about the overreaching nature of our government, read Hume.
Contrary to many other nations, the Constitution of the US is a rather plain organizational description. There is literally zero ideological, logical, or other sorts of rationale contained. That rationale rests within a number of places including the Declaration of Independence and in the rather extensive writings of the Founding Fathers, who notably made many statements such as,"And what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their peop
Read the US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence if you thing this view is new.
Tell that to the Founding Fathers.
Reminds me of "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." (John Adams)