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“Collective mob”, aka the majority of the population? Remember the government was setup as a republic to ensure a minority of the population, landowning white m
by xref 6y ago
“Collective mob”, aka the majority of the population? Remember the government was setup as a republic to ensure a minority of the population, landowning white males, retained power regardless of demographics. By-and-large people of color, the poor, and women were not allowed to vote.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_rights_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_rights_in_the_United_...
- austincheney 6y agoThat isn't historically accurate. The constitution intentionally imposed representational government to ensure dual-federalism as a necessary means to supersede the prior government, Articles of Confederation. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_federalism#Constitutional_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_federalism#Constitutional... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation