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user-inactivated · 3696 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ancient Bickering: What the Founding Fathers Knew about the Classics
This sentence is the reason I shared the essay. This is also exactly what certain modern groups do with the founding fathers themselves. The Constitution is not immutable; it is detrimental and insane to think so. Almost all modern political thought that I disagree with is based around the fact that we must blindly do what the Constitution says. Instead, let's open a dialogue. I tend to think the Constitution is due for an update, as impossible as that would be in practice.These days, modern thinkers tend to put the Ancients on an untouchable pedestal, hailing them from afar without really engaging.