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Swede

(38,437 posts) Thu Jan 15, 2026, 08:48 AM Yesterday

Time to edit the constitution?

— OBoogie and Georgia Lee (@oboogie.bsky.social) 2026-01-15T03:58:25.396Z

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Time to edit the constitution? (Original Post) Swede Yesterday OP

The Enlightenment isn't known as the Age of Reason for nothing bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1

Being and Nothingness at the Age of Reason? ntp AnnaLee Yesterday #2

bucolic_frolic

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1. The Enlightenment isn't known as the Age of Reason for nothing

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Thu Jan 15, 2026, 08:52 AM

Yesterday

They filtered public opinion of the masses through cultural elites and men of property and figured that would rule out Mad Kings of which there were many in the previous 500 years, and they warned of "factions" - political parties - but the system was gamed anyway.

AnnaLee

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2. Being and Nothingness at the Age of Reason? ntp

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Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:01 AM

Yesterday

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