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1. cjd (cjd@pkteerium.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 06:06:20 JST cjd
   One of the most frustrating things about the US government is that by any sane and reasonable reading - it is almost entirely unconstitutional and it only manages to exist thanks to a tortured interpretation of the meaning of the word "Commerce".
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   • cjd (cjd@pkteerium.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 06:06:40 JST cjd

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     Of course it is. That's how EVERYBODY practices everything.
     
     Playing "That law sucks so lets just change the meaning of the words to make it what we want" is a game only played by those with contempt for Rule of Law.
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   • Torparskytt 🏴‍☠️ (torparskytt@mastodon.nu)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 06:06:43 JST Torparskytt 🏴‍☠️

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     @cjd Got me reading up on this. That’s interesting. Even a pretty clear constitution won’t stop the state from growing like cancer. It would be very interesting to see this and other cases similar to it overturned.

   • cjd (cjd@pkteerium.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 06:06:44 JST cjd

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     How to stop the state from growing like cancer remains an open area of research 😭
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   • cjd (cjd@pkteerium.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 06:07:34 JST cjd

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     You know it is an absolute fucking tragedy how clever:
     
     1. No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
     
     Taxes are apportioned equally to representitives
     
     2. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
     
     You can't do anything that is not explicitly written here
     
     3. No State shall [..] make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts
     
     This constitution was written to last a millennium, and by the hands of weak and servile men it was all wiped out.
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