Hot Air

Suddenly the Constitution is ‘Dangerous’ – HotAir

The New York Times and a slew of influencers have discovered that the Constitution is the most dangerous and subversive document ever to have been written. 

In that, they have a point. 

This is an argument that has gained a lot of steam in the 21st century, and it has been at the heart of the Progressive movement since at least President Wilson’s election

Wilson, a political scientist, believed that in the modern world, the ideal form of government was a technocracy led by “experts” who understood how things “really” worked and who could guide society to greater prosperity and peace than anything that came before it. He wasn’t exactly anti-democracy, at least according to his own lights, but he certainly wasn’t a fan of people deciding things for themselves or freedom as we…

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