Democracy Built for Oligarchs
32:52–34:56 · 124s
Winters argues that U.S. democracy was engineered to shield the wealthy from majority rule, recounting the post-Revolution panic that led Hamilton to warn of an "excess of democracy."
32:52–34:56 · 124s
Winters argues that U.S. democracy was engineered to shield the wealthy from majority rule, recounting the post-Revolution panic that led Hamilton to warn of an "excess of democracy."
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