As car-buffs can attest, once a car reaches a certain age it needs more than an oil change and tire rotation to keep it running. After unanticipated events – such as hitting a tree – major repairs may be required, if not a trip to the junkyard. Occasionally, even a prized antique buggy is no longer worth it; too much trouble to keep it running. Time to unload it to someone burdened by excess money.
Entire countries can get that way, too. A good – even great – idea at a time when printing presses and quill pens were cutting-edge technology, Our Nation is now clearly struggling. Indeed, many are asking, “Is America past its prime?”
When nothing seems to work to accomplish much that needs accomplished, when graft and corruption thrive in every office, the thought occurs: Does America need a 21st Century tune-up to work better/smarter/faster than when it was first designed in 1787?
Back then, Our Founders only allowed land-owning rich white men (like themselves) to vote, and they shared similar interests: killing Indigenous People and stealing their land; buying, selling and trading slaves; fondling women; building monopolies; etc.
Yes, all sorts of Americans eventually got The Right T...