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This would be great if it were true. Actually, the Constitution enabled the U.S. government to act on individual citizens. Prior to that, the national government didn't have this power, it could only act on the States. And only a State could act on it's citizens. But now, a new layer of national government could tax a citizen, put them on trial, imprison them, draft them into the military, etc.

Wealthy men of property like George Washington didn't like what they saw with Shay's Rebellion and with Congress not having the power to tax, so they wanted the week federal government that did exist at the time to have more power over citizens and the States.

So the Constitution was actually written to empower the U.S. Govt, because the Federalists thought it was too weak. But to get it approved they had to put in some ostensible restraints on it, referred to by James Madison as mere "parchment barriers," which history has proven them to be...

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sms 2y ago

The old arses that concocted it, also kept the notes of the constitutional convention proceedings out of publication for more than 30 YEARS, until most of them were retired from business and public life!

#History #USConstitution #gangsterment #DistrictofCriminals

Marakesh 𓅦 2y ago

And this same gangsterment, as you put it, continues to "classify" documents to keep "The People," who allegedly govern, from actually knowing what they are up to.

The JFK files are a case in point. Why continue to classify them even 60 years after the fact? Everyone involved is dead now. Even George H. W. Bush can't be prosecuted for his role in it. What is the fear, that they will go after his son, George W.? He has his own crimes to pay for (9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.) They must be protecting the institution; it lives on and does not die. If "The People" knew what the CIA was up to and responsible for they would want it abolished. But ultimately the U.S. gangsterment itself is responsible.

sms 2y ago

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