Microblog Memes

Its part of the brainwashing to preserve the illusion that they live in a real Democracy even though there has been a duopoly on Power for way over a century and that they are Free even though only a small number of them is born in wealthy enough families that they can actually do what they want, whilst everybody else has to do what they have to merelly to survive and are even constrained in that (for example, if they invade long unused land, to build their home and do subsistence farming there - i.e. try to have freedom via self-sufficiency - they will be kicked when the owner calls the "authorities").

Also treating the Constitution as almost sacred means that people can't challenge or even just criticize the very mathematical rigging that makes Power in their country be controlled by a duopoly (and hence not a Democracy) because it was set down on said Constitution so doing so would be challenging/criticising said "holy" Constitution.

Thinking people should always ponder on the answer for the good old Cui bono? ("Who gains from it?") question (so old it comes in Latin) whenever something or somebody is relentlessly portrayed as beyond questioning.

If you mean people interpret it however it best fits their argument then yes, it's just like the bible.

I don't know about holy but I definitely see it as the most important document in the American system of government (a Republic if we can keep it).

Literally all authority in America flows from our Constitution. The only reason the President is in charge is because the Constitution says so. The only reason laws passed by Congress are laws is because the Constitution says so. The only reason the judiciary exists as a place to go and settle disputes and apply the laws is because the Constitution says so.

Without the Constitution the only way society would run is by force.

I know that people with Gadsden flags and dog eared copies of Atlas Shrugged think that's how society works today, but it's not. But that's a whole other discussion.

We mostly just agree to abide by the laws which derive their legitimacy from Constitution. If it weren't there, we'd have no foundation. That's why it's like a holy document. Except it's better than a holy book, because there's no claim of infallibility. It is expected to be modified, and it has been modified.

Thomas Jefferson actually expected there to be constitutional conventions on a regular basis to rewrite the thing from time to time. A part of me thinks that might be a good idea. Maybe reconstitute the Congress as two proportional representation parliaments (one with single 8 year terms, one with unlimited 2 year terms or something, people vote for parties not people). Eventually abolish the Second Amendment or at least rewrite it to make it clear that "well regulated" is important, and there can be limits to personal armament. Expand the Fourth to cover modern data creation and storage. Do a better job with patents & copyright. On and on.

without the Constitution the United States as we know it would not exist