The Constitution and Unix

Or maybe VMS, depending on your experience.

Ben Shapiro over at Townhall has a take on the recent NY Times whine about the outdated nature of our clunky, old Constitution.  A couple of quotes sum it up nicely:

The answer is simple: More countries today want governments that provide for them rather than governments that keep them free.  

And:

More countries today want governments that are "efficient" rather than governments that leave them alone.

Half the people in any given country are below average.  The majority of people throughout history have been more than willing to surrender their freedom and dignity in exchange for enough food to keep them alive along with a measure of comfort and security.   This is one reason a democracy never works.  This is the reason the Constitution with its "negative" rights -- that is to say, its limitations on government, is so important. 

The government that can give you everything you want is a government that must control you.  If your rights are granted by government, they can be superseded or rescinded by government. 

Reagan was derided (by George H.W. Bush, by the way) for "voodoo economics".  Perhaps we need to point out that Fairy Godmother Governments practice the art of illusion and everything will always fall back to ruin at the stroke of midnight.