Originally Posted by
Michael Wolf
...The idea that a centralized federal government would ever choose to limit itself over a prolonged period was always a tough sell. And it was also obvious to everyone who pays attention how deeply the constitution had already been eroded prior to 2020 as well. But the past 12 months have shown it to be, truly, but a paper shield.
I'm not saying it's utterly useless, nor that its core ideas are bad. It's "slowed the spread" of the government, sure, and most of its ideas are groundbreakingly good, and hold up well even 250 years later. But the idea that is has actually done its job in limiting the government, and that any document really ever could, and that a government will limit itself given all the incentives involved, has to be looking more and more utopian than ever these days.