It has been like that since the constitution was written. The design goal was to share the responsibility among voters while keeping the power in the hands of those who wrote it: rich white slave owners and industrialists.
The US has never been a democracy in the sense of a government of the people for the people, it was always an oligarchy.
It has been like that since the constitution was written. The design goal was to share the responsibility among voters while keeping the power in the hands of those who wrote it: rich white slave owners and industrialists.
The US has never been a democracy in the sense of a government of the people for the people, it was always an oligarchy.