Thank you for taking the time to pick apart my comment into 5 pieces.
Is this something you take personally? Or are you merely imagining that the reasons I am doing this are identical to the reasons you would do this? How likely is that?
But I think you actually agree with me, yes?
That's why I said.. maybe I'm being pedantic. I left open the door that I'm possibly over analyzing this and diving deeper on something insignificant. I just don't find conversations where people just gladhand each other and mindlessly click up arrows particularly interesting. If this is an issue, I'm happy to be ignored.
The Constitution is document that attempts to scale up society from tribal to mega scale.
The way you pose it, you give supernatural powers to the constitution, I think is what my issue is. The people who framed it came from a functioning society, they were far from tribal, and the first 10 amendments hint deeply as to what their overall goal was. It was a strong refinement of what came before, and more than anything else before it, it freed the people to themselves and not to some power handed down by bloodline.
In that sense.. the Constitution is just a reflection of who we are as people already, and it holds no deeper authority in and of itself. The fact that it binds government and not individuals is a strong hint to this.
Our enemies are not following it. We just want to follow it.
If all you want is to agree with a 200 year old piece of paper, then perhaps your enemies have you exactly where they want you already?
Thank you for taking the time to pick apart my comment into 5 pieces.
But I think you actually agree with me, yes?
The Constitution is document that attempts to scale up society from tribal to mega scale. Our enemies are not following it. We just want to follow it.
Is this something you take personally? Or are you merely imagining that the reasons I am doing this are identical to the reasons you would do this? How likely is that?
That's why I said.. maybe I'm being pedantic. I left open the door that I'm possibly over analyzing this and diving deeper on something insignificant. I just don't find conversations where people just gladhand each other and mindlessly click up arrows particularly interesting. If this is an issue, I'm happy to be ignored.
The way you pose it, you give supernatural powers to the constitution, I think is what my issue is. The people who framed it came from a functioning society, they were far from tribal, and the first 10 amendments hint deeply as to what their overall goal was. It was a strong refinement of what came before, and more than anything else before it, it freed the people to themselves and not to some power handed down by bloodline.
In that sense.. the Constitution is just a reflection of who we are as people already, and it holds no deeper authority in and of itself. The fact that it binds government and not individuals is a strong hint to this.
If all you want is to agree with a 200 year old piece of paper, then perhaps your enemies have you exactly where they want you already?
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