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Wesley Hoyle's avatar

That's just it. The West has had this minor miracle for so many consecutive generations of relatively limited government, that they don't see it as a miracle anymore. They (we) take it for granted.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

We saw this at the time of the founding, as well. The OG founders held pretty well to the Constitution, but once they were dead, the new guys REALLY started trying to work their way around it.

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