
Originally Posted by
smitty3268
You misunderstand. I didn't mean Ron Paul wanted to go back to 18th century technology, just 18th century government. The fact that technology and society is so different today is precisely why i don't think 18th century system of government would work.
It's kind of like religious people reading the bible (or other ancient holy texts). Some people are really caught up in taking everything literally, and I generally think they are stupid. It makes more sense to realize that laws that worked 2000 years ago don't necessarily make sense today, even though they made perfect sense at the time. There's no need for women to wonder the desert 3 days every month, anymore, and indoor plumbing isn't bad. Similarly, a lot of the ideas Ron Paul has made sense a couple hundred years ago, but I'm extremely skeptical that they would work today. The US moved away from these ideas for a reason, a long time ago, and a lot of his supporters have forgotten that.