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[โ€“] DdCno1@beehaw.org 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The founding fathers are also rolling in their graves, because women and people of color, hell, even men without property can vote (for now). Quit putting these slave owners on a pedestal.

[โ€“] Kalkaline@leminal.space 1 points 2 hours ago

I'm hardly putting them on a pedestal. They simply got the ball rolling on our iteration of democracy. They had some great ideas, but little foresight or imagination into what their experiment would become. The Constitution could use a full refresh, borrowing what can be salvaged from the old and updated for modern society.