Ben Shapiro

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Ben Shapiro @benshapiro

The founding fathers believed, correctly, that humans were capable of great things, but were also venal, ambitious, foolish and shortsighted -- neither angels nor devils. But now we believe that the right human beings can be angels, if only we shift our social structures. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 4, 2021 Hibernated

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So if political polarization isn't the reason we're willing to overthrow elections and jettison checks and balances, what is? I'd suggest that it has to do with our shifting attitudes toward human nature and political power. — PolitiTweet.org

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Because of the founding fathers' accurate vision of humanity, they saw subsidiarity, checks and balances, and enumerated powers as key to protecting the liberty required by epistemic humility about most areas of life. — PolitiTweet.org

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