I think it's best to examine how much of the founding father's work is interpreted in a zeitgeist that no longer applies. The Federalist and especially the Anti-Federalist papers are hardly tomes supporting what we modern Americans would consider civilized behavior. We no longer have government supported slavery. We no longer require property ownership as a condition to vote. We no longer deprive females the right to volte. We no longer allow segregation of public establishments. Jews are no longer deprived of membership in social organizations. The items cited here are but a tiny list of changes brought about by what in modern jargon would call liberal democratic government. And in fact these freedoms would not be in place unless a liberal democratic government, through laws, gave them to the population.
thank you. well said
I think it's best to examine how much of the founding father's work is interpreted in a zeitgeist that no longer applies. The Federalist and especially the Anti-Federalist papers are hardly tomes supporting what we modern Americans would consider civilized behavior. We no longer have government supported slavery. We no longer require property ownership as a condition to vote. We no longer deprive females the right to volte. We no longer allow segregation of public establishments. Jews are no longer deprived of membership in social organizations. The items cited here are but a tiny list of changes brought about by what in modern jargon would call liberal democratic government. And in fact these freedoms would not be in place unless a liberal democratic government, through laws, gave them to the population.