Yet the constitution was approved by delegates and ratified by elected representatives in state legislatures.
“...the constitution was approved by delegates and ratified by elected representatives in state legislatures.”
That was in a time before the invention of the telegraph, or even railroads. It took days, somtimes even weeks, for news of current events to reach all the people.
Time and distance were real and actual impediments to the necessary swift communication of critical issues and decision making to the folks back home. The absolute need to have incorruptible, honest, and well educated delegates and representatives at the seat of power, couldn’t have been greater in those days.
Today we have light speed communications, rapid transportation systems, and sources of information so vast and extensive, the Framers would be awed.
The ancient system of party delgates no longer serves it’s original purpose, but has morphed into something more akin to the Communist politburo. The party elites control this body of hand selected insiders and loyalists to achieve the ends of other, more senior masters.
The People be damned.