Disagree with this take. The Constitution protects individual liberties agains the state (see 1st and 2nd amendments). That is what makes the US Constitution so unique among nations
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I'll grant you those first two Amendments are what have spared the U.S. from the indignities suffered by other nations, but the U.S. Government is ever gunning for them (pun intended), to take them away, along with so many other rights.
Fair. That’s not the fault of the original Constitution, though
Well, even the very "Founding generation" passed the Alien and Sedition Acts and fined and jailed people for criticizing the president and disagreeing with the government. They also imposed higher taxes than King George III did.
I used to be a "constitutionalist" and believed, like Jefferson, that you had to "bind men down with the chains of the Constitution." He was even my favorite President, until I realized even he disregarded the Constitution when it suited his purposes.
I've become convinced that the US Constitution is outdated that we need to evolve in our pursuit of Liberty, toward true self-government, not "representative" self-government in name only.
The elements of the constitution that preserve individual liberties against the state are sound. The elements that do the opposite are unsound. Simple