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    6 months ago

    Eh, the founders more or less ensured that a wealthy land-owning aristocracy would be able to overrule the will of the people if need be. That’s more or less what the SCOTUS is there for, to ensure things don’t get too democratic.

    The US was an early modern democracy, but has never been a particularly good one.