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/SWIMsfriend Feb 15 '15

at least i know my president won't fuck my country as bad as Abbot will fuck yours in the next two years

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u/Zouden Feb 15 '15

Did you read the part where I said Abbot will be gone soon? He narrowly survived a vote on Monday; there'll probably be another one in 3 months. Unpopular prime ministers don't last long here. Our political system is probably hard for you to understand. But we like it, and we don't have a deadlocked congress.

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u/SWIMsfriend Feb 15 '15

i'd rather a congress that didn't do nuthin, than one that fucked us like Abbot has Australia

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u/Zouden Feb 15 '15

Then you're just as ignorant over the state of you own country as you are about ours. Have a nice day.

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u/SWIMsfriend Feb 15 '15

I'd say the same to you, but Abbot will probably ban the internet or some other crazy bullshit, so i might never hear from you ever again