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 The Constitution was a psyop to introduce authoritarianism. Just like today, its rationale depended on psyops: whiskey rebellion, shayes rebellion.

The Bill of Rights got the  anti-federalists to play along with slipping the Constitution onto the people. Within 10 years of introducing it, future amendments stopped focusing on improving the lot of the people, and instead focused on empowerment of the central government.