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[–] [email protected] 118 points 11 months ago (2 children)

He might’ve been more interested in some antibiotics for syphillis lmao

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

Should probably grab some dentures for Washington

Oh and get him to tell Washington not to let doctors drain half his blood too

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lol all the sex jokes, this one hits.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Not really a joke, though. Back in the old days Syphilis was an untreatable disease causing rampant infertility as well as disfigurement and debilitating pain.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Guys, they’d be overjoyed their government the hammered out in overnight binge drinking sessions lasted 200+ years.

All the present problems are our problems. They gave us the amendment system for a reason.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Not universally. Jefferson would have been horrified that the same government he established was still trucking along. 50 years was the longest he wanted it to last, and called for dramatic change at that point

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (12 children)

They also wrote that system not expecting it to be able to be gummed up by as little as 2% of the population because of how stupid we were about drawing state borders

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Benny would be too distracted with Tinder to give a shit about McChickens

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Only if there are GILFs on Tinder.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure Ben Franklin is rated E for everyone

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I agree of course but he did prefer his Congress to have experience.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I've never seen this. Thank you so much.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh they got plenty of GILFs on the other sites! Dated some bangers and just married one last Friday!

LOL, she's 52, so we'll see what happens in 8 years.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Not sure many of them would see an issue with AR-15s. They're basically what the military has and what the civilians had back then was usually better than military grade. In fact, American civilians have always had better rifles than their contemporary military.

I loathe the title, and strongly disagree with it. Also, heard the presenter is a hard right-winger, but this is still an interesting history lesson. I never would have guessed most of this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dIsy3sZI2Y&t=2s

I'm betting the founders would have thought having a lesser armed citizenry to be pointless. Of course, they might well have thought that such a giant, world policing, military to be a far worse mistake.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (50 children)

I mean, it’s super hypothetical. We lift them up but they were just a bunch of dudes living in their own times. While I’m sure they wanted a framework that would lead the country into future prosperity, they knew adaptation was necessary.

They also knew that the backbone of this country's defense were militias made up of citizens. We don’t really have those. I’m all for regulated militias coming back. They could possibly get exceptions for many banned weapons.

Every citizen doesn’t need to have access to military grade weaponry at any given moment. Even when I served, my shit was locked up and required a document trail for access and ammo use.

Balancing safety and personal rights is a complex and divisive issue. Everyone having all the guns would be super cool with me if we fixed gun culture, mental health access, and our many many societal financial issues. 'Til then, reasonable laws.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I have a feeling the conversation to have with most of the founders would be centered around the political weaponization of the Second Amendment in the face of almost daily mass shootings. I have a strong suspicion that the "well-regulated militia" part of that amendment would become much more pronounced.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (5 children)

They would be far more concerned with the government embracing fascism, than they would about 2nd amendment considerations. If anything, they'd push for a less restrictive 2nd amendment, and dismantling of federal power structures. They were revolutionaries, after all.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I really doubt it. If they intended the right to belong to militias or members of one, they would have written that instead of people.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Plus there are a lot of people in the militia. Specifically every able-bodied male from the ages of 17 to 45.

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title10/subtitleA/part1/chapter12&edition=prelim

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well you see brown people were using it to feel good...

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They would likely be most upset you can't make your own liquor legally.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can, just can't sell it (at least in my state which is one of the stricter ones for alcohol)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

Federal law strictly prohibits distilling at home.

Offenses under this section are felonies that are punishable by up to 5 years in prison, a fine of up to $10,000, or both, for each offense.

Edit: can we just talk for a second about how oppressive the law is for poor people? Do you have $10,000? Cool, give it to us and go home. Oh, you don't have it? FIVE YEARS in a federal penetentary!

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[–] verstra 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And overwhelmed by the number of people willing to discuss nuaced socio-political problems of states and governments.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (3 children)

He would be very upset that most of these people are neither white nor land-owners.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Franklin? He would probably just be amazed there are openly Bi people and would just embrace power of infinite flirting. That and the McNuggins.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

From everything i've heard of the founding fathers franklin seems like the only descent one.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

None of them were perfect, and some of them had there beyond fucked up moments by todays standards, but for their time they were mostly a pretty alright bunch

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Thomas Paine is cooler imo. A lot more progressive than many of the other founding fathers

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Adam's refused to own slaves on principle. Dude was solid

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Not really. He could be a miserable bastard at times but all the sources agree he was very open minded and willing to accept the evidence of his eyes and honest arguments, condemning colonist atrocities against natives despite have quite a lot prejudice against them himself, freeing his own slaves, petitioning for abolition in Congress, etc.

He'd look around, say, "Well it seems to have worked out, where's the whorehouses?"

No. His great failing was championing the concept of time-based workdays instead of task-based. Ie, most people left work when everything was done before he got involved.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago

"Tell me more about this 'online granny porn' my good sir."

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (5 children)

A few of our founding fathers were based and are remembered for their true merits as people.

And the rest were just the most rich and powerful people around at the time. They had to start a war and a new country in order to get away with defrauding England when they joined in on this settler colonial project. They stopped slavery from ending. They chased wealth and valor, and designed the country for their ends.

WE deserve a new constitution like every other modern country.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Their project was in part to legitimize the transfer of power from the nobility to the elite merchant and "gentleman" farmer class. They were very much a product of their time, just like you and I are today.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

"But I want mcchickeeeeeeens"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This has a Bill & Ted-vibe. Like Napoleon who just wants to go back on the waterslides again...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Kid me was like yeah water park! Adult me chuckles because of the Waterloo reference.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't that already more or less proven by bill and ted?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

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shen the bird, @Shen_the_Bird

me: [after successfully using my time machine to bring a founding father to the present] so do you think the 2nd ammendment is still reflective of our culture and technology

benjamin franklin: can we go get more mcchickens

me: no stop asking me that

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

At least you did not bring him back to McRib season

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Everything in moderation

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

With Franklin probably being one of the few exceptions, most of the founding fathers would probably have an adrenaline overload seeing that the USA successfully evolved into the world power to protect its corporate interests. They wouldn't even hesitate to host a billionaire rave party lol.

Now bring someone like FDR, Hugo Black, or JFK and they'd probably be horrified to find so much of their work undone and thrown down the trash.

The constitution is so weird lol.

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