If we had the 3 Anti-Federalist proposals (France alliance, no national bank, and agrarian economy) as Articles in the Constitution, would we be a lot better off today? I think so; of course, it didn’t happen because Washington was a federalist. The problems remaining still may have brought a problem (Congress may pass taxes, 2nd Amendment implies a state right, emininent domain, and right to an attorney at private expense.)
Did the Federalists accept not having a Constitutional alliance with Britain and no explicit guarantee of a national bank b/c they knew it would turn out the way it has today? Or was it truly so neither side would dominate the other? I know Washington warned against Alliances and Factions, but he created the first one–the Federalists were the first faction.
They should’ve just left the AoC as the Supreme Law. I honestly think the rest of the world would be a lot better off too, because the AoC would’ve set a much better example. I think the state constitutions would’ve eventually matched each other for more individual liberty, and I think slavery would’ve ended earlier. Revolutions would’ve been much easier.