(August 9, 2018 at 12:13 pm)alpha male Wrote:(August 9, 2018 at 12:07 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote: Right: a republic, not a democracy. But this isn't a question of faith in people. They were right to distrust the alleged wisdom of the people. Hell, they would have even less faith in the people if they could see what a sorry bunch of morons we've become -- in part because of our dependence on social media to get "news". The point stands: they envisioned an educated and engaged citizenry.
Remember Franklin's response when asked what kind of government the Constitutional Convention had fashioned: A republic, if you can keep it. It's hard to do that with word of mouth education on public affairs.
And yet you admit that the newspapers of the time were partisan rags.
How did the citizenry of the time get accurate information?
Are you aware that senators weren't originally elected by the people?
Yes.
They generally didn't.
Of course, but thanks for the remedial civics lesson.
