The Founding Fathers were universally convinced democracy does not work.
The original constitution had multiple safeguards against it.
It always results in ochlocracy. And the final end of the republic.
It was working perfectly until 1920 when we passed the 19th amendment allowing women to vote.
That's the end of the American Republic.
We should have followed the Starship Troopers' version of citizenship. In order to earn it, you have to serve in the military. Then you can vote.
Women can serve in the military (as long as they're not infantry).
I’d go as far as saying pure democracy is an evil concept, maybe not as evil as many of the other forms of government, but the founding fathers were well aware of the dangers of democracy.
Yep.
Check out the Democrat mobs in New Jerk sChitty and Atlanta, disguised as "legal systems", busily lynching President Trump.
The Founding Fathers were universally convinced democracy does not work.
The Founding Fathers created the Articles of Confederation, a union of friendship and cooperation between free, sovereign, and independent states.
Their plan was such a weak federal government that it could not consolidate power. It had neither an executive, nor a judicial branch. It was totally resistant to change without unanimous consent.
The Framers (of the Constitution) were not the same as the Founders who came before them. The Framers ditched the original union and created a new one. When Washington was inaugurated, there was a union of eleven states which did not include North Carolina or Rhode Island.
The original constitution had multiple safeguards against it.
Obviously not enough, or not good enough. The Hamiltonians won. Consolidation of power in the Federal government was the plan of the Hamiltonians.