Not only did they guess it should be updated; they even left plenty of mechanisms directly in the constitution that allowed for it to be updated radically whenever situations changed so drastically that a supermajority agrees that it should be changed.

Unfortunately that too is the downfall; as those who want to exploit the status quo are also empowered to leverage their money and power to prevent such a majority from taking place. The constitution is far from perfect, and it absolutely should've been amended many hundreds of times over, not just the paltry less than 30 times we've managed to do so already.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

George Washington was against political parties for the exact reason our country is being torn apart by partisan politics today.

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like he should have put stronger protections in place, and definitely shouldn't have tied us to a FPTP voting style. Even the electoral college and the 270 vote requirements force us into a two party system.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

Yup, as was said earlier, it was known that the system would have to be overthrown over time as it became bloated and corrupt.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

- Thomas Jefferson