REMEMBER, whatever they called them, that the founders had Classical educations (look up homeschooling curriculum of this type for a quick rundown, and you can buy the books for yourselves!). Essentially, great civilizations and great thinkers. And even Ancient Greece had relativists and abolish-private-property people shouting in the square.
Imagine they already had STUDIED how heathens and atheists thought, how tyrants ruled and despots plundered under the guise of authority. Heck, Robin Hood was an old story then! Don't be time snobs- we're not more intelligent today than people in ancient Greece or our founding fathers, geniuses and patriots were and are the architects of greatness.
Their Great Experiment is us, the USA- the first country to plan for peaceful transitions of power among unrelated people according to a representative expression of the people's will. We won't need to amend more, we will need to go back to the original! Only those citizens with a stake in the game (payers!) should have votes. Though I would add a civics quiz, because if you don't have even a basic understanding of your govt and who your leaders are, you really should not be voting.
REMEMBER, whatever they called them, that the founders had Classical educations (look up homeschooling curriculum of this type for a quick rundown, and you can buy the books for yourselves!). Essentially, great civilizations and great thinkers. And even Ancient Greece had relativists and abolish-private-property people shouting in the square.
Imagine they already had STUDIED how heathens and atheists thought, how tyrants ruled and despots plundered under the guise of authority. Heck, Robin Hood was an old story then! Don't be time snobs- we're not more intelligent today than people in ancient Greece or our founding fathers, geniuses and patriots were and are the architects of greatness.
Their Great Experiment is us, the USA- the first country to plan for peaceful transitions of power among unrelated people according to a representative expression of the people's will. We won't need to amend more, we will need to go back to the original! Only those citizens with a stake in the game (payers!) should have votes. Though I would add a civics quiz, because if you don't have even a basic understanding of your govt and who your leaders are, you really should not be voting.
wow, gave me goosebumps to read that and think about that