The #DeclarationOfIndependence is not a legal document. The people who came up with it also thought the weak #ArticlesOfConfederation were great. When everything started falling apart, they pushed a #Constitution that concentrated more power in a central government. But they had to add the #BillOfRights to get buy-in from the die-hard patriotic libertarian fantasists.

Instead of learning from this that government is just a series of very human compromises, many worship the founders. Fuck me.