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71% Of Americans Believe The Founding Fathers Would Be Disappointed At The Way The Nation Has Turned Out | Techdirt
I would be among the 71%. If you look at us now and compare us to the past we have become a lazy, arrogant, and stupid people. And the goverment has done many things that are unconstitutional (ex secret laws). Do you think they would be dissaponted in us, and is so why?
My guess is that they knew well the difference between ideals and the pragmatic necessities of policy making ... like on one side creating an emphasis on basic human rights and civil rights, but on the other side accepting or even embracing slavery.
They'd think it's the same game they were playing, just different chiffres.
If they'd be disappointed would depend on the question if they're really what people believe they were, or what they are ... and I guess they were not heroes, but just pragmatic politicians.