regent
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The reason we had a weak government under the Articles was because the 13 independent nations did not want to give up their sovereignty.Yeah....they were so "liberal" that they desired small, powerless government and maximum freedom/liberty for the individual. That sure sounds like the liberal ideology!"For the framers of the Constitution were the most liberal thinkers of all the ages and the charter they produced out of the liberal revolution of their time has never been and is not now surpassed in liberal thought."
General Douglas MacArthur.![]()
The founders tried the small powerless government and discovered it was too small and too powerless so they had to change it, giving the government more size and more power.
Right, and I would agree with that. We can't have a government, that is not able to defend the country, or pay its own bills.
But while that is true, the whole reason they had a government that powerless to begin with, is because they feared the kind of government we have today. They were right to fear the kind of government we have today. History is littered by the ruins of governments that followed the path we are on.