“the weakness of any democratic system”
And that’s why you’ll read conservatives talk up the difference between a democracy and a republic.
Democracy becomes populism, every time.
Populism becomes tyranny, every time.
But the republic still works on democratic lines. People vote for politicians who make promises to them, and they pass laws on that basis. How many laws have been passed in the US recently which, if not breaking the constitution, are certainly bending it significantly.
I dont want to put a dampener on it, but it seems to me that the vaunted constitution, at best, just puts another stage between freedom and tyranny.
Republic becomes democracy.
Democracy becomes populism.
Populism becomes tyranny.