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Many may argue that, but that doesn't mean they're right. The bill of rights is mostly great, but the actual design of the government is pretty lousy, a series of compromises to keep slave states happy and a few vestiges of English rule mixed in. All of this combined with a reform process that makes it essentially impossible to fix the mistakes they made.

I think the things "the founders" did in principle -- booting out the British and establishing a right of the people to choose their government, peaceful transfer of power, etc, better than the government they set up.

Plus, yeah, that bill of rights is pretty great. So good job, antifederalists.



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