Comments by "Al Loomis" (@alloomis1635) on "" video.

madison explicitly said, that he was creating a society to be ruled by the 'opulent,' that democracy would lead to taxes being laid on the rich, to succour the poor. and he wasn't having it. the american revolution was instigated to protect slave plantation plutocrats, who were threatened by the clear evolution of law in england towards ending slavery. that is why 4 of the first 5 presidents were plantation plutocrats, and adams only got one term, awarded for his obsequious promise not to disturb slavery. from that start, modern america is easily explained.
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of, by and for the people? you lost me there, mate. the revolution was fought to protect slavery, and create access to the thinly populated native lands. the constitution was written to protect wealth, notably the wealth of slave plantation plutocrats. 'american democracy' is a monstrous lie, madison dismissed democracy, as it would lead to the 'opulent' being taxed 'to provide for the poor. so he wrote a constitution mimicing as closely as possible the structure of georgian britain. no democracy, that. the people were never asked to participate in establishing the constitution, it was done by the grandees in and controling the state legislatures. except in rhode island- there was a referendum there, and the people turned it down. there was no promise of american democracy, and that's why the rich continue to rule as they have from the beginning of the nation.
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