As The Founders Intended

More than two centuries after Shays’ Rebellion, the institutions crafted at the Founding and the wider system they have shaped make it extraordinarily difficult for majorities of the mass public to make economic policy and curb inequality—just as the Founders intended.

– The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding, Osita Nwanevu

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