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Not a single word of our Constitution (Bill of Rights) has changed in 234 years, going through 46 presidencies, 118 different congresses, a civil war, unfathomable economic and cultural changes.
interesting, were there any serious conflicts that almost led to changes in the bill of rights? curious to learn more about how those were navigated.
There was the civil war where the seceding states drafted their own messy Confederate Constitution, and developed their own fiat money. They tried bolstering it with Confederate Cotton Loan Bonds sold to foreign investors, but northern victories, the naval blockades and targeted burning of cotton warehousing really screwed their plans.
No Constitutional Convention has ever been called by the states though. There have been some weak proposals that got passed over to amend the 2nd amendment and stuff but nothing else.
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480 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr 8 Feb
wow, didn’t realize they went as far as developing their own fiat money
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Oh yeah also, when I say the Constitution, I'm more specifically referring to the Bill of Rights which are the first 10 original amendments. Not the BIPs after.
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