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Stop Worshipping the Founding Fathers—They Designed the American System to Screw You (youtu.be)
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[–] snooggums@piefed.world 6 points 1 day 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