The Constitution was supposed to be foolproof - containing all the wisdom of the Founding Fathers. It was supposed to contain all the mechanisms to prevent governance issues that nonetheless have emerged and seem intractable. What the hell happened? "jews" is only part of the answer, no?

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A healthy chunk of the ammendments after the first 10 really fucked things up.

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14th one fucked us hard.

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I subscribe to the belief that even the first 10 were a mistake. It flips everything important totally backwards. The GOVERNMENT was intended to have ONLY the rights specifically given to it by the constitution.

The entire "Bill of Rights" concept being enshrined as the first 10 Amendments literally does the opposite. It creates a situation where the government can now do anything it pleases, so long as it doesn't violate those 10 fundamental rights. In reality your rights don't come from government, and you have a lot more than 10.

It is the government that should have limited powers and limited rights, and the limits should be specifically imposed by the constitution. I understand why people would want a "bill of rights" but it fundamentally accomplished the opposite of it's stated intent, and it actually subverts your rights.

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