The Constitution and Republicanism
Peter Schultz
The Constitution sought to create a pervasively powerful national
government. But a pervasively powerful national government requires elitism and
nationalism. And nationalism requires expansionism, while expansionism requires
war. War requires racism/exceptionalism and racism is fortified by
slavery/apartheid/segregation/white supremacy.
Nationalism, expansionism, war, racism, and slavery etc. were not aberrations but rather integral pieces in the constitutional order created in 1787.
Unraveling our debased political order won’t be easy. And, of course, making America great again doesn’t cut it precisely because Trump is not an aberration.
Nationalism, expansionism, war, racism, and slavery etc. were not aberrations but rather integral pieces in the constitutional order created in 1787.
Unraveling our debased political order won’t be easy. And, of course, making America great again doesn’t cut it precisely because Trump is not an aberration.
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