by Mathurin » Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:16 am
OP misses that a big part of the revolutions is suppression of public concern or non-official opinion.
Its not just that the government does bad stuff, but that it refuses to let the people talk about it.
The rights recognized by the bill of rights werent just magicked up, these specific ones were enumerated because the British had already violated most of them, or at least tried to do so.