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minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·24 days agoThe older I get, the more I think the founders probably thought rich white landowners would keep the nation in check. I have less and less faith in their work. It was good for its time, but we have advanced in knowledge since then.
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·24 days agoWe did advance. There have been 27 amendments. We need to actually to enforce them. It’s been the same fight since the 14th amendment passed. It’s that simple.
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoWe advanced in some ways, but we’ve also almost completely fallen to fascism, so ti’s kinda a mixed bag. heh
The older I get, the more I think the founders probably thought rich white landowners would keep the nation in check. I have less and less faith in their work. It was good for its time, but we have advanced in knowledge since then.
We did advance. There have been 27 amendments.
We need to actually to enforce them. It’s been the same fight since the 14th amendment passed. It’s that simple.
We advanced in some ways, but we’ve also almost completely fallen to fascism, so ti’s kinda a mixed bag. heh