Thread: The world I would love to live in.

Originally Posted by gugi

Or more likely they thought that these small details are so important that should be left up to the 'government of the people' to set up and more importantly change as they want.

I don't think they were so arrogant as to think that their 18th century ideas would be appropriate or wanted by the people living in the 19th, 20th, 21st, and so on centuries. Apparently they got even some of the 'big picture' wrong (third paragraph of section 2 in article 1 cited above).

Therefore you think it appropriate to reject ideas merely because of age, and regardless of merit. "Thou shalt not steal" predates the 18th century by a few years, at least. Are the principles of the Ten Commandments unwanted and inappropriate because they have descended from a long ago age? You may disagree with them, but I'm not buying the logical fallacy that just because an idea is old, it must be obsolete.

Why not list the 18th century ideas you disagree with and argue based on merit, or lack thereof.