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On Tradition and the American Constitution

By Emilijan from Brooklyn, NY - Jul 13th, 2009 at 9:35 pm EDT

The United States is unique among developed nations in defining its raison d’être ideologically. It has been American fate as a nation not to have ideologies but to be one. American liberalism of the eighteenth century was essentially the rebellion against the monarchical and aristocratic state – against hereditary privilege, against restrictions on bargains. Its Lockean spirit was essentially anarchistic. It was the anti-state. Fighting against a centralized monarchical state the founding fathers distrusted a strong unified government. The first American Constitution – the Articles of Confederation – did not even provide for a federal executive. Authority was placed in Congress, which had limits on its power. The United States of America may be said to be the only country in the world, which was founded in explicit opposition to Machiavellian principles – to the power of the Prince.
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