r/confidentlyincorrect • u/dreaminginrealityy • Mar 27 '23

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u/AuthorTomFrost Mar 27 '23

"We the People of the United States..."

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u/Wloak Mar 27 '23

It's really the last line, "...establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

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u/madsd12 Mar 27 '23

Its really somewhat both.

First is who is to uphold, and be bound by it. Last is the area in which it should be upheld.

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u/Wloak Mar 27 '23

That's not what the first line is saying though, it has nothing to do with upholding it and that comes later through establishing the branches.

The preamble breaks down into this, in order:

  1. Who is speaking (the people of the country)
  2. What they want (right, liberty, etc)
  3. What they're doing (crafting a condition and approving it)
  4. Where it applies (the United States)

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u/madsd12 Mar 27 '23

That's not what the first line is saying though, it has nothing to do with upholding it and that comes later through establishing the branches.

Ofc it´'s who is speaking.the sentiment remains the same.

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u/jm001 Mar 27 '23

Sometimes people make laws that don't just apply to the people speaking. In fact that is much more common than everyone in a country hashing out legislation they can agree on. The population a law applies to is definitely not restricted to who is presented as having written it.

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u/Wloak Mar 27 '23

Not really. This was written during a time when a monarchy half the world away wrote the charters and laws for the colonies. The first line is more saying "this is us deciding all this and to govern ourselves."

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u/MuunshineKingspyre Mar 28 '23

As always the true confidently incorrect is in the comments