certain words have "a generally accepted meaning" in scholarly works, which nobody can successfully change at their whim, without being misunderstood by others.
these words are called : terms of art.
REVISIONIST is one of those "terms of art" and it is "generally understood" in scholarly works as both statist & LEFTIST/"progressive" (some would say: socialist/Marxist/communist).
free dixie,sw
For what it's worth (and in the context of this thread, I guess not much) both the Preamble and Article XIII of the Articles of Confederation require that the union be perpetual.