> And yes, it's incredibly ironic that this is the exact system we had a revolution to get away from. I don't know if that's the case. It seems to me that one

> And yes, it's incredibly ironic that this is the exact system we had a revolution to get away from. I don't know if that's the case. It seems to me that one plausible reading of the history of the United States is that the rich colonists ("founding fathers") wanted to make sure they had all the power they wanted over the new government.