Before that, our Founders had the object lessons of the crimes and existential stupidity of democratic Athens in the Peloponnesean War to warn them against too

Before that, our Founders had the object lessons of the crimes and existential stupidity of democratic Athens in the Peloponnesean War to warn them against too much "democracy". As well as sharp minds, they certainly realized that "democracy is two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for dinner".