alt Hacker NewsOn the other hand, why care what the American founding fathers thought? There have been two centuries since then of developments in democratic countries that some Americans could choose as a model they like more. And now it's the Chinese century anyway.
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To be fair, there have been a few democratic developments since the founding fathers were around. 27 at the last count.
> On the other hand, why care what the American founding fathers thought?
Because they had direct experience with tyranny and exploitation, and documented their response to that in the US founding documents. We care because if you don't learn from history, you're doomed to repeat it. Which is pretty much what's happening right now.
Because they provide a reasonable common foundation. Otherwise you will forever be arguing with Christian nationalists.
The great thing is, they were thoughtful enough to include a process for amending the documents that serve as the country’s operating system.
We should consider using that process! Surely things have changed enough in the last half a century to justify a new amendment or three.