A Republic, Not a Democracy: The Terrifying Reason the Founders Chose Our System

On the Fourth of July, we celebrate our nation's founding, but a critical distinction is often lost: the United States is a Constitutional Republic, not a pure Democracy. This was a deliberate choice by the Founders, based on a grim lesson from ancient Athens. This video explains the cautionary tale of the Mytilenean Debate, where a democratic assembly voted for a massacre, and why the Founders implemented checks and balances to prevent such a "tyranny of the majority."
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