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> The US was designes as a republic specifically to prevent tyranny of the majority. The phrase “tyranny of the majority” was rarely used by writers and thinke
by comte7092 3y ago
> The US was designes as a republic specifically to prevent tyranny of the majority.
The phrase “tyranny of the majority” was rarely used by writers and thinkers in the founding period. It was alluded to in one of the 85 essays that made up the federalist papers and the coining of the phrase is generally attributed to a French writer several decades later.
Your characterization is largely historical revisionism.
- hellojesus 3y agoThanks. I was unaware.