[kiviuq]

the 18th century nation-state model has always been open to fascism.

[emchammer]

It depends on where you draw the line for acting in good faith.

Justice Antonin Scalia's opening statement before a 2011 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing is worth watching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggz_gd--UO0

Even more worth reading are the Federalist Papers, cover-to-cover, as he suggested. The depth to which the Framers considered the kind of situations we are in today is amazing.

[tastyfreeze]

Also read the anti-federalist papers. Their criticisms of weaknesses in the Constitution predict exactly how those weaknesses have been abused. Both sides of the argument understood the nature of power and humans.

[FranzFerdiNaN]

Same with capitalism.