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That isn't at all what the parent comment meant. Significant writings from the American founding fathers of the United States warn about the perils of democracy
by lr4444lr 9y ago
That isn't at all what the parent comment meant. Significant writings from the American founding fathers of the United States warn about the perils of democracy.
- __jal 9y agoYep. They wanted to keep the lie of democracy alive because it makes the proles feel empowered.
- vkou 9y agoOf course wealthy landed founded fathers were concerned about non-wealthy, non-landed non-persons having political influence. There are a lot more of the latter, and they have little use for the former. Realizing that the peasantry needed to be kept away from power was not some enlightened revelation. It's the divine right of kings by another name.
- lr4444lr 9y agoMaybe you should read Federalist Paper #10, #14, and some of Jefferson's letters before resorting to snide cynicism.
- vkou 9y agoIf we were to take a more charitable interpretation of them then mine, then I would say that the American experiment failed utterly. "A number of citizens, whether amounting to a minority or majority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community" is a picture-perfect description of the American political landscape, despite all the hubbub about states rights, direct democracy, and how your representatives know best.