The Founders of our nation understood the nature of man.
Our Constitution has protections in it to defend against the rotten nature of man.
They never expected that so many dipsticks would wind up voting.
The Founders only allowed people with a vested interest in the nation’s success to vote. One of the downsides of universal suffrage is that the nation’s internal enemies get to vote too. And serve in Congress and the White House.... AOC, Garland, Psaki, etc.
Not so. The knew that there were always men dreaming of being tyrants and that a foolish mob of greedy idiots could empower them to it. It happened in ancient Rome and they certainly knew their Roman history.
For evidence, many know this exchange after the Constitution was first signed.
Mrs. Elizabeth Powell:“Doctor, what have we got? A republic or a monarchy?"
Benjamin Franklin:"A republic, if you can keep it."
Here's the rest of it.
Mrs. Powell: "And why not keep it?"
Benjamin Franklin: "Because the people, on tasting the dish, are always disposed to eat more of it than does them good.”
For context, Franklin also said this regarding the Presidency:
"The first man put at the helm will be a good one. Nobody knows what sort may come afterwards. The executive will be always increasing here, as elsewhere, till it ends in a monarchy."
I think a man like Fanklin would be surprised we made it this far. The near-perfect system he and his peers put in place let it be so, but that slight imperfection, the one that presumed that the government would be of the people and not a permanent class of professional bureaucrats and politicians, is dooming it.