It is ironic. The Founding Fathers were mostly landed and wealthy aristocrats, and back then to vote you had to own land and pay taxes.
The thing is, they were influenced by the myths of the Enlightenment and hence ended up designing a government far more "democratic" -- not as democratic as Athens, perhaps, but much more than what Rome ever imagined. After one generation the aristocrats were gone and replaced by standard American mediocre politicians and lawyers.
The problem here is that closed primaries has allowed a nut case to win the Republican nomination and then the Electoral College has defeated the voice of the people and via a series of flukes put him in the Presidency.
I notice he is complaining that it is "not fair" that people are protesting.
I foresee hard times for America and the world.
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