David , Right from the start it was government of the oligarchs; by the oligarchs; for the oligarchs. A constitution written by white men of property for white men of property, and that property included slaves. It was never government of the people, by the people, for the people.
"But the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind. The descent of property of every kind therefore to all the children, or to all the brothers and sisters, or other relations in equal degree is a politic measure, and a practicable one. Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions of property in geometrical progression as they rise. Whenever there is in any country, uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. " - Jefferson
David , Right from the start it was government of the oligarchs; by the oligarchs; for the oligarchs. A constitution written by white men of property for white men of property, and that property included slaves. It was never government of the people, by the people, for the people.
I do think Jefferson at least genuinely hoped that over time, slavery would be abolished and we'd have far less inequality.
This is very worth reading carefully, if you've never seen it before.
https://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch15s32.html
"But the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind. The descent of property of every kind therefore to all the children, or to all the brothers and sisters, or other relations in equal degree is a politic measure, and a practicable one. Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions of property in geometrical progression as they rise. Whenever there is in any country, uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. " - Jefferson
Yes. Never. Pascal Said that if one wants to develop a concept of the infinite, 1 merely needs to meditate on the depth of humans stupidity.