America at 250: why the Constitution was built to restrain government, not celebrate majority rule
The Framers built checks and rights into the Constitution, with about 70% of the text focused on limiting government power, the article says.
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The Founders Never Meant the US to Be a Democracy
One of the great contradictions of American life is that we think of ourselves as a democracy, a model for the world, but one with a profoundly rich elite that exercises enormous influence over politics. Although we often feel (correctly) that democracy is eroding in the United States, we shouldn’t forget that, despite our image, our state was never designed to be a democracy. Our situation, in which an insanely rich oligarchy is nudging aside t…
America at 250: why the Constitution was built to restrain government, not celebrate majority rule
Most people, including most Americans, would be surprised to learn that the word democracy does not appear in the Declaration of Independence (1776) or the Constitution of the United States of America (1789). They would also be shocked to learn the reason for the absence of the word democracy in the founding document. Contrary to what the public has been led to believe, America’s Founding Fathers were skeptical and anxious about democracy. They …
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