As a result of their subordination to the King, the founders of the new nation had a profound fear of tyranny, a fear, which dominated the discussion of how to constitute the new government. The founders set up an indirect democracy based on the principle that the interests of the many are preferred to those of the few; this way, no individual would accumulate too much influence. Yet, eliminating the despotism by individuals in power was insufficient. There also existed a threat of a different kind of tyranny—tyranny of the majority over the minority. Thus, the Framers adopted several measures at various levels in order to lessen the possibility not only that a powerful minority would subvert the rights of the majority, but also that the ma
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