Notices by markiwang@octodon.social

@walruslifestyle - i'm over 40 years old, took honors US history in high school, at least two full semesters of US history in college, constitutional law I and II in law school, and I even listen to history podcasts in my free time... That a 5-minute NPR story has shaken the foundations of my understanding for this topic is mind-blowing.

TIL that the US Constitution wasn't just a "thought experiment" based on European Enlightenment philosophic principles that people might be able to govern themselves without a king... It was instead modeled on a real-working example of Native American governance (the Iroquois Confederacy). https://www.history.com/news/iroquois-confederacy-influence-us-constitution