this. is. bad. history. the founders' understanding of "pure democracy" was not "a popular vote to choose an elected magistrate." don't take it from me, take it from james madison, who was very clear about what he meant by the term.https://twitter.com/EsotericCD/status/1108013393921929216 …
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you, a wise constitutional conservative: "the founders believed popular election was the route to tyranny" the founders, dumb, morons: "say what now?"
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when Madison or Hamilton or Jay referenced "pure democracy" as a threat to stable republican government, they meant direct rule by referendum. hell, I think it's Federalist No. 55 where Madison compares the Senate favorably to the representative elements of the Greek democracy!
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none of this is hard! just read the documents!
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Where is this from, Jamelle? A Federalist paper? A history or direct record of the Constitutional Convention?
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it's Madison's notes on the convention, from July 19
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But then there was A. Hamilton...
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Also, and more importantly, that the Southern states would be less able to defend the institution of slavery itself.
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