September 17 marks Constitution Day in the United States and recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. September 17, 1787 was the day that the document was signed, before being ratified in 1788 and finally introduced into operation in 1789. As this infographic shows, that makes the U.S. Constitution one of the oldest still in place in the world today.The United Kingdom has the oldest existing constitution if you count the Magna Carta from 1215. Considered the founding instrument of the constitutional framework of the United Kingdom, two of its articles are still in force today - one of which being: “No free man shall be seized, imprisoned, dispossessed, outlawed, exiled or ruined in any way, nor in any way proceeded against, except by the lawful judgment of his peers and the law of the land."As illustrated in this chart, based on data from the Comparative Constitution Project, some of the world's oldest democracies have only been around for about 150 years.
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233 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 17 Sep
The purpose of the US Con_stitution was to dupe the people into imagining legitimacy to a new ruling class.
The Con_stitution is not "ours". It never was. It was a lie from day one, designed to give the illusion of "representation" and "consent".
The lie worked so well that it was heavily copied in the con_stitutions of the worst tyrannies in history (red Chine, USSR, N. Korea etc). And yes, I used to revere the document too. It took me a long time to accept what it is. It is the arch enemy of freedom, not its protector.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Malachi17 17 Sep
I disagree. The people have gotten lazy and hopeless in part because they were lazy and increasing the size of their wallets.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner OP 17 Sep
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 17 Sep
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