Constitutional Framers Pros And Cons

Schools taught us that America was founded by genius revolutionaries who were guided by noble ideas of equality and liberty. The shackles of tyranny were to be cast aside in favor of unimpeded freedom and unalienable rights, so that the great cause of human dignity can be served and higher planes of existence can be achieved through cooperation. America, the “greatest experiment in the history of the world” was founded by one percenters of the eighteenth century, who were terrified of the majority and would have scoffed at my opening sentences. I agree with Dr. Parenti when he spoke of the Constitutional Framers, “like most other people, they believed that what was good for themselves was ultimately good for their country.” I would also agree with former Daily Show host Jon Stewart when he said, "You want to lead us? Be better than us.” The difficult task of determining what is “better” is the subject of never ending debates, unfortunately, the talking points are rather irrelevant. From the inception of this country, any notion of “leadership” and “government” has boiled down to those with massive wealth and property. When evaluating the writings of the time by the

Romantics love to mention the sweltering Philadelphia summer, the locked doors, and obscured window shutters, how these geniuses of politics, philosophy and economics were building a new nation, the likes of which no one had ever seen. The language used to describe the Framers is often grandiose and amorous. Conceding credit, these men had their work cut out for them, the country was newly free from the British Empire, and they were already under pressure from the catastrophic fallout of the Articles of Confederation. The circumstances and context for the drafting of the Constitution is fraught with conspiracy and historical contradictions, but I believe more than anything, fear motivated the Framers more than their desire to line their