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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo
Notwithstanding everything else, aren't these people just naive in their belief that essentially nothing has changed? It's not the same world that it was in the late 18th century. It's infinitely more complex, more interconnected. For fuck's sake...we can travel in hours what used to take months back then.
Pretending that a group of guys who got together late in the 18th century could have the solution to all of the problems and challenges facing us today is like sticking your head in the sand. It's like running the ball on first down, gaining a yard, then deciding to punt the ball on second down.
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Those guys in the 18th century certainly didn't think they had all the answers to cover the next few centuries. They didn't think they were covering everything. They realized concepts of fundamental rights would change.
But on the other hand, I'm sure they didn't think both Congress and the Supreme Court would bypass whatever mechanism for constitutional change that they decided to include.