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In reply to the discussion: Armed Left Wing Militias? [View all]Sweeney
(505 posts)The privileges granted by the constitution are for any foreseeable eternity unassailable.
That is why slavery was so impossible to address democratically. It was protected as a privilege. That is what Dred Scott was about. If the South had not over reacted to the thought of tinkering with slavery, it might still exist. It could have been taxed out of existence. It might have been regulated. And the North might have bought the freedom of the Slaves, but if they were willing to die to have them, it is unlikely they would have sold them reasonably. And WHY? The commonwealth is the Commonwealth of this people and we are the law. It is for this people to democratically define property and say under what terms it shall be held. Because we leave property uncontrolled and free, it is our master instead of ourselves being its master. We work for it. It does not work for us.
Thanks...Sweeney