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Originally Posted By u/transcendent167 At 2025-07-15 04:54:25 PM | Source


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[โ€“] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The founding fathers and those who wrote most of the amendments legitimately didn't think American voters would be as stupid as they are being now, unfortunately.

The caveat being that at the time, American voters consisted almost entirely of landholding white men. I.E. those that thought like they did.

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