[ The founding fathers were for a weak centralized government... ]
Weak in what it could dictate to the states and citizenry, but strong on protecting the states as a whole from foreign powers.
I like the term “Limited” rather than “Weak” because limited is what it cannot do. Wheras weak implies it cannot do or enforce anythign or even protect itself.
limited does sound a lot better than weak.. but compared to what centralized government does today, it is neither limited or weak..one thing it is responsible for are protecting the borders which it does nothing about....getting tired of hearing about what they are doing next...