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Stop Worshipping the Founding Fathers—They Designed the American System to Screw You (youtu.be)

submitted 2 months ago by theacharnian@lemmy.ca to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They were a bunch of 1%ers prattling on about how "all men are created equal" yet had no problem owning slaves. Yep.

They didn't give a shit about freedom, they were just pissed they weren't kings themselves. In their wildest dreams they probably never imagined the system they designed would benefit the rich as much as it does today.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 6 points 2 months ago

Yup, as originally implemented it was the capitalist oligarchy that the current 1% want to turn it back into.

The Constitution of the United States recognizes that the states have the power to set voting requirements. A few states allowed free Black men to vote, and New Jersey also included unmarried and widowed women who owned property. Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying White males (about 6% of the population).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_voting_rights_in_the_United_States