“We the people” originally meant land owning white males, they just didn’t have to write that part down.
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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 days agoI don’t disagree with anything you said, but they did at least built a Constitution for We the people as opposed to a new world monarchy.
It’s not completely evil and darkness nor completely rainbows and sunshine.
snooggums@piefed.world 4 days ago
frisbird@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
They did, they just didn’t write it specifically in the foundational documents. It’s in their letters, Jefferson in particular. It’s in the Federalist Papers. It’s all over their literature.
homes@piefed.world 4 days ago
They did a lot better than those who came before them, and we can do a lot better than they did.