Add, shamelessly enriching the elite at the expense of the people.

And, oh yeah, enabling genoocide.

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    It was about the same elite being able to continue shamelessly enriching themself without interference from a wannabee autocrat.

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      The Magna Carta didn’t apply to serfs, but that doesn’t make it any less important to the history of political progress. I find the ideas of the founding fathers to be similar. Self serving, but an improvement none the less.

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        The Civil Rights the founding fathers defined did not apply to Natives, slaves and indentured servants. A step further than the Magna Charta, but less than the french revolution.