"The Excess of Democracy": Rebroadcast
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The Constitution Is a Capitalist Document
The constitution is a capitalist document in that it's meant to attract capital to the american economy. Other parts of the document ave the federal government power to regulate commerce across state and international lines. That was a huge gift to slaveholders who made their money by exporting things like tobacco and cotton. Another gift to the owners of human perty was the fugitive slave clause, complete with its euphemistic language to avoid using the s word.
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