"The Excess of Democracy": Rebroadcast
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Did the Constitution Reign in Democracy?
i just felt like in my history class, as we rushed through everything that happened before the constitution was the real, meaningful beginning. But it turns out that the articles of confederation were too democratic for lot of powerful people at the time. So in fact, the constitution was about reigning in democracy than it was about expanding or codifying it. Some more mainstream historians would say that the constitution was necessary and a good step to make capitalism work better.
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