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The Founding Father’s Views on Democracy

There was a need to secure the western lands by the United States necessitated the need for government. Similarly, there was the establishment of popular sovereignty since the states had come up with ways to develop their experiments when it came to matters of democracy.  The experiments realized that there were features such as the weak central authorities, governors stripping of powers, lower property qualifications when it came to office holdings, publishing legislature votes weekly and more frequent elections. Founding Fathers proposed a danger that would result from direct democracy, especially in scenarios where it would be combined with the manipulated and uninformed public who had to decide on the various policies of a country. There were lots of conspiracy such as the Newburgh Conspiracy that was present in the U.S, making democracy to be viewed as an awkward fit. George Washington had therefore failed to support a plan that would result in a forceful takeover of the congress, something that would have resulted in fatal consequences. From this planned matching to the financial issues that face people, it was evident that there were no forms of democracy.

The statement “U.S system was ruled by the tyranny of the minority” is a clear indication that the Founding Fathers wanted a system that entailed representative democracy – which is a form of government in which there are the majority of people who take charge of the ruling (Carol, 2013).  Therefore I can disagree that the Founding Fathers wanted the democratic system of government. Indeed, they did not want such democratic systems to rule. They felt that such democracies were mere spectacles of contentions and therefore were not compatible with security, the people’s rights, and protecting their security. The government in charge of ensuring that such democracy becomes a success is deemed to lead people with unfulfilled promises. Thus, most of the Founding Fathers do not consider democracy as a form of freedom. They felt that freedom entails recognizing the citizens’ fundamental rights, something that democracy has failed to give recognition for. Indeed, democracy can only be seen as wolves that tend to vote for what they will eat for lunch.

 

 

Work Cited

Carol, D. Our Founding Fathers wanted a republic, not a democracy  (2013, August 16). Retrieved March 20, 2021, from THE UNION: https://www.theunion.com/news/twi/our-founding-fathers-wanted-a-republic-not-a-democracy/

Franz, S. G. Brexit: The American Founding Fathers Had it Right: Direct Democracy Is a Dead Duck (2016, June 25). Retrieved March 20, 2021, from THE DIPLOMAT: https://thediplomat.com/2016/06/brexit-the-american-founding-fathers-had-it-right-direct-democracy-is-a-dead-duck/

Natelson, R. G.. A Republic, Not a Democracy–Initiative, Referendum, and the Constitution’s Guarantee Clause. Tex. L. Rev., 80, 807 (2001).

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