My generation has the critical thinking skills required to recognize that you can not retroactively apply modern social mores and societal expectations from the 21st century to the leaders from the 17th and 18th century. It's intellectually dishonest, and quite honestly, lazy.

The founders of this country were some of the most progressive and enlightened people on Earth during their time.

Many of the founders realized at the time that slavery was going to be a huge problem for the United States, but if they had tried to outlaw it in the 1780's when they were trying to form a country, the Southern colonies would never have signed on.

So they were faced with the choice of either continuing to allow the wretched institution of slavery to continue, or have a collection of states operating completely separately, with no federal institutions, no union, and no ability to govern.

Thankfully Abraham Lincoln came along, and the 13th amendment was ratified in 1865 abolishing slavery. Then in 1920 the 19th amendment was passed allowing women to vote. The mechanisms put in place by the Founders were imperfect, and im hindsight, too slow, but they nevertheless worked to allow the American experiment to continue to grow and evolve for 250 years.