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[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Who's in command is dictated by a deeply flawed system that only ever pretended to be democratic.

You're right. The founding fathers did not intend to create a democracy. They created a republic with elected leaders who were chosen exclusively by wealthy, educated white men.

We certainly can't fault them for not foreseeing how much American society -- and the electorate -- would change and how little the Constitution would change.

I truly believe that if they had any inkling how little we would change the Constitution in 250 years, they would have written a whole article requiring a Constitutional Convention every 25 or 50 years.