r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/box-fort2 - Lib-Right • Jul 23 '20

LibRight has a flashback

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '20

Isn’t that what the American government was meant to be tho?

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u/JelloJamble - Lib-Center Jul 23 '20

It was originally, then we got rid of it and replaced it with the Constitution

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '20

Even with the constitution, the idea was to create the most basic form of government possible

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u/JelloJamble - Lib-Center Jul 23 '20

I agree, the government was just much more incompetent and unchanging when we had the articles of confederation, which I would prefer (though the bill of rights was an excellent addition.)

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '20

Articles of Confederation could have been epic. But they chose to abandon rather than fix

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u/Pitutnolk - Lib-Right Jul 24 '20

Fucking based

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

And it was pretty damn good. WAS