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o11c  ·  3206 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Was the American revolution a mistake?

The counterargument I see for that is:

The founding fathers were aware of those problems, and chose to act anyway. They did not claim to solve all problems, only lay a framework in which problems could be solved.

It is a huge mistake to blame our current government on the choices of the founding fathers (let's be honest, reason 3 is the biggest reason people promote this view). Yes, there are mathematical flaws in their system, but there are like flaws in other systems.