Not in the same form, at least. I think it is very interesting to read Brutus's objections to the Constitution in the Anti-Federalist papers and see how stunningly accurate that the predictions are. Perhaps given the long-term short-comings of our present government, it might have been better had the anti-federalist prevailed. Obviously it's just pure speculation, but it's one worth thinking about given the failures of the Federalists' system.
He was also the principal author of the Federalist Papers, without which the Constitution would probably have never been adopted at all.
Not in the same form, at least. I think it is very interesting to read Brutus's objections to the Constitution in the Anti-Federalist papers and see how stunningly accurate that the predictions are. Perhaps given the long-term short-comings of our present government, it might have been better had the anti-federalist prevailed. Obviously it's just pure speculation, but it's one worth thinking about given the failures of the Federalists' system.
Perhaps, but the Articles of Confederation had proven insufficient.
I cannot help but wonder why so many conservatives believe that replacing politicians in Washington with politicians in state capitals would solve so many problems. Just where do you suppose national politicians come from? Yes, they start out as local politicians. And human nature, so far as I know, operates on local politicians as much as it does on national ones.
Personally, I consider the view of so many conservatives that state sovereignty would lead to some sort of conservative utopia as extremely naive.
Incidentally, outside the United States nearly all conservatives and rightwingers advocate strong centralized government.
And incidentally, while Patrick Henry was the most outspoken Anti-Federalist before the Constitution was adopted, after he lost that fight he became a loose-construction Federalist whose last public act was to argue against the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. And besides, wasn't the purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts to protect America from Jacobinism?