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James Beck: “The framers, however, did not sufficiently reckon with the mechanical changes in society that were then beginning.”

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The framers, however, did not sufficiently reckon with the mechanical changes in society that were then beginning.
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James Beck
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Beck critiques the framers for not fully considering societal changes impacting governance.

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