[time4good]

I’m responding late, even though I read this yesterday but, just have to say - you have a pretty cynical opinion of our founding fathers, our providential origins and destiny - or, dare I assume, lack thereof, according to you.

Am I understanding you correctly?

[Alberta's Child]

Nothing cynical about it at all. I believe this country was founded by a group of very admirable — but also pragmatic — people.

They went to great lengths to MINIMIZE democratic proceedings in an elected government. Did you know that 7 of the original 13 states didn’t even have a popular vote for their presidential electors in our early presidential elections? The legislatures of those states appointed their electors.