Destroying the Traditions of the Senate

Charles G. Mills

3/25/2010

In 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention wrote the United States Constitution and created a model for constitutional government that has never been surpassed. Two years later, the French Estates General created the model for modern tyranny. These represent polar opposites of modern government. The American model was designed to require concurrent majorities and institutions to make any change to a basic institution or abridge any established civil right. The French model was designed to allow popular majorities to kill former tax collectors, aristocrats, clergy members loyal to the Pope, and chemists. The American model protects the individual, while the French model empowers the majority even to the point of tyranny.

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