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user-inactivated  ·  3696 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ancient Bickering: What the Founding Fathers Knew about the Classics

    These days, modern thinkers tend to put the Ancients on an untouchable pedestal, hailing them from afar without really engaging.

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.





Pribnow  ·  3695 days ago  ·  link  ·  

For some reason people like to imagine ancient civilizations as perfect, peaceful, and more stable than today's world. It's easier than actually doing some research into the politics of the time, I guess.

OftenBen  ·  3695 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Remember, a Roman Peace didn't mean 'No rape, murder, pillaging' It meant 'No rape, murder, and pillaging committed by non-Roman citizens.'