Diuretic
Permanently confused
Only a Marxist would proclaim that greater government control and the centralization of power in DC indicates "maturation of society".
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Oh? I see. Okay, well I still think it indicates a maturation of society even though I'm not a Marxist.
When you get a chance read world history.
You will find out that the reason the Founding Fathers adopted a Constitutional Republic was because when society "matures' people get fucked. There is NOTHING new under the sun.
Statism has been tried , under different names, through out the ages. The result has always been disastrous. So forget about re-inventing the wheel.
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I would have thought the Founding Fathers rejected the notion of monarchy and in particular absolute monarchy and the Divine Right of Kings and all that. They were classically educated. They knew about ancient Greece (the city-states) and the Roman Republic. They were aware of the abuses inherent in a system of absolute monarchy. They crafted a particular framework for government which was very radical at the time. But they didn't abolish slavery or servitude. Nor did they allow women the vote. Those things happened later, as American society matured.