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    7 months ago

    too geared to protect the interests of the ruling class

    That is literally what it was designed to do, so it’s doing its job. The founding fathers hated democracy but needed a way to make it appear like they didn’t with the constitution. As AdrianTheFrog pointed out, one of the federalist papers for a US government class literally just admits:

    “A rage for paper money, for an abolition of debts, for an equal division of property, or for any other improper or wicked project, will be less apt to pervade the whole body of the union, than a particular member of it” - James Madison, the guy who drafted the constitution

    None of this will change without a revolution. So I agree with the post.