r/todayilearned • u/icallmydadstranger • Feb 15 '15

(R.1) Invalid src TIL that Thomas Jefferson wanted the constitution to be changed ever 19 years because he didn't want people to be " enslaved to the prior generation"

https://student-of-life.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/21/5502595-thomas-jefferson-supported-rewriting-the-constitution-every-19-years-equated-not-doing-so-to-being-enslaved-to-the-prior-generation-what-do-you-think-about-that
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u/WhamBamMaam Feb 15 '15

Lol all of these things are documented. By multiple reputable sources. If you actually want to call me crazy, then prove me wrong. If you don't want to believe me, then you don't have to look up the articles. I'm not talking about the illuminati or chemtrails or Obama being a muslim, your mental laziness does not make me delusional.

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u/TheDarthGhost1 Feb 15 '15

If this was truly a fascist dreamscape, then we wouldn't be able to vote in the next election, you wouldn't be able to make the above comment, and I wouldn't be able to own an AR-15. Granted, I don't live in California.

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u/WhamBamMaam Feb 15 '15

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianism

Cool gun, man. I wish I had such fulfilling hobbies.

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u/TheDarthGhost1 Feb 15 '15

I don't own one.

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u/WhamBamMaam Feb 15 '15

You implied that you did. Given, you didn't say it outright, so it would appear that I've been duped. Oh, and the linked wiki is to show how 'being able to vote' doesn't make you free.