Considering the fact only a minority of people could vote, the Senate originally not being a democratically elected institution, and ultimately the electoral college was designed to Official BSB Girl I’m Not Old I’m Vintage Shirt pick the president.. yeah the US was intended to be a republic with democratic elements to some aspects. The reasoning behind land ownership being required to vote is actually pretty sound, they’re the ones who had the most at stake in the country getting off the ground. Was it right? Well, it worked.
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Maybe it would have worked better by letting everyone vote. But it wasn’t just a “fuck these people they don’t matter” thing. Also, to Official BSB Girl I’m Not Old I’m Vintage Shirt represent each state. The people within the state got the house of representatives as their representation in the federal government. The idea being that the senate would have two roles, one was to make sure each state got an equal say since they’re so different, and would hopefully prevent the majority from hurting the minority. The same concept behind the electoral college. The other function though was important. For example, roads. Upkeep and construction of roads is a state issue (for the most part), but the states may want to put forth a bill to set aside a portion of the money that states can access to build roadways.
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not to Official BSB Girl I’m Not Old I’m Vintage Shirt say it was the best way to do things, it quite clearly wasn’t or we wouldn’t still be fighting about things that ended over a century and a half ago. . Democracy is just the rules that govern who has power and how they can use it. A republic is a system of representation of citizens. Even Madison didn’t consistently differentiate between the terms, using democracy and republic more or less interchangeably. Or perhaps you mean America’s not a direct democracy. Greek democracy is just one form; the Romans had another called republicanism, and it’s not inherently less democratic as long as the rules are democratic. The American constitution certainly has anti-democratic elements, but republicanism isn’t one of them.
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