What's The Big Deal About The Constitution?

HAVE FAITH IN NO MAN! That is the message of the US Constitution. All men are corruptible, driven by greed and competition, and when power is in their hands, they can't be trusted.

The US Constitution is quite possibly the most perfect document ever written. Why, because of its imperfection and ability for correction. The Founding Fathers knew that man’s greatest enemy was man himself. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. King George of Britain was the embodiment of destructive, abusive, oppressive power. It was his horrific treatment of the colonies that led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution. In 1787, the Constitution was conceived, instituting the promises made in the Declaration of limited power and securing the rights that all men are created equal. The Forefathers knew that even they were corruptible and in a precarious position: now they were the men in charge who could either make the changes that would affect future generations to come or take advantage of the roles they were thrust into and grab the power they held. They knew that at any moment they could become the very monsters they had just fought, so they sought to construct a document that would address every conceivable loophole that would be attacked by mans greed.

The idea was that when you had limited power spread out among different branches, no branch being more powerful than the other, and you added the free press as a watchdog, the people would then have the ultimate power over the government. In the end, it would be THE PEOPLE who would have the most power. Man is fallible. That’s a given. No matter the man, no matter his ideology, he can be corrupted. Remember, have faith in no man, that’s the message. Limit the power of the federal government because the people can’t trust them. When the government has power and money, no matter who’s in charge, they will eventually become addicted, and that addiction will lead to corruption and oppression in order to keep it. This is the way of man; the writers had seen it firsthand. That’s why the Constitution was written the way it was, to avoid that. This depended on a number of things. First, that the branches of government stayed separate. This would be hard, and probably the first to go. They knew eventually Congressmen would get Judges to do their bidding and vice versa. That’s why there’s the Press, to keep the People informed and the Representatives on their toes. The Fathers knew men would be weak and cave, and that the three branches would break laws and play dirty. So the writers made sure that the politicians would have the newsmen watching them, and the politicians would have to let them stay around because they needed them in order to be re-elected. From this point forward, leadership wasn’t a divine right. Anyone could become a Representative, a Senator, a Governor, or even President. The politician could be cast aside, fired, or thrown out of office. The Press was their enemy, yes, and yet they were cunning enough to make sure that the government would have to use them. So the press competed amongst themselves for the story and even if one or two were paid off by a politician another one came and got the story. The politicians hated the Press but had to keep them around because they needed the media to get elected. Even though the Press was the enemy they had access to secrets the government kept from the People. The Press was the link between the government, their practices, and the PEOPLE. The free press was to use the natural aggression of man to compete among themselves for the story, and that competition would keep each other honest instead of what we have now, in the tank for one side or the other. Each newsman was out for the story, out for the scandal, out to make a name for himself, and that was what kept them honest. It was brilliant. Limited government, and a free press to report to the People on what was happening so those who became corrupt could be thrown out of office. The Press reported, the People knew the truth, and the corrupt would be let go. That’s how America worked, and it did work. It was the only way to keep a moral government.

All of this depended on an intelligent People, an informed electorate, and an interested Press intent on getting the story and keeping the government honest. Without that, capitalism won’t work. We’ve drifted so far from 225 years ago that we can’t even relate to the oppression of yesteryear. To most Americans, they’re just characters in a book. The country’s too large, and the voting population is too young, uneducated, and uninformed. Our youth is indoctrinated by our schools with misinformation. Children graduate high school not even knowing how to read. All it takes to vote is to reach the age of 18 and be a citizen. Our leaders lie to us, extort money, and break every rule that the Constitution warned us about. Without the safeguards the Constitution put into place, this is why we have the chaos that exists. This country wasn’t founded on the idea that homeless people with park benches as addresses getting the privileged to vote. It was about moral, intelligent, well-informed people, who cared about this country going out there, working to make a living and offering up their services as voters, public servants, or newsmen.

Apparently it’s “WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION, ESTABLISH JUSTICE, INSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENCE, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, AND SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY, DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.”…..and now it has an expiration date.