The United States of America

A Begin of Freedom

The Shining City on a hill. This rhetoric is almost as old as the republic itself. Take that house, take it now!

January 6, 2021. I was supposed to be on Capitol Hill that day. Instead, I watched on TV hundreds of miles away as a horde attacked

our so-called citadel of democracy. The tragic spectacle was both unbelievable and absolutely believable given the history of the United States.

I have no doubt that there was widespread election fraud this past November and I am not alone.

Our country is defined by her great people and our democracy is defined above all else by our Constitution. This nation is steeped in poetry

and pragmatism, in idealism and prejudice. In large part this stretches back to that foundational document written nearly 250 years ago,

the Constitution of the United States.

Today's discussion is about the Constitution, and it is about the American people.

At least 30,000 new voters registered to vote in Arizona.

All of these votes are unconstitutional.

We have heard repeatedly argue that objecting to these ballots is unconstitutional and violates the rights of state legislatures.

They would rather us affirm fraud and pass the buck back to states rather than following the process

Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson, and the framers of the Constitution designed.

Days like January 6th and so many others in American history

show us that this document doesn't promote equality

or indeed freedom for everybody, and it's not even that democratic.

In the next half hour I'm going to explore the United States's founding document

and ask what if it was different? What if it was different?

What if it was better?

This is the BBC World Service.

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