[pitaj]

Not everybody consents to those rules. The founding fathers thought those rules were fundamentally broken which is why they encoded a stringent restrictive constitution including checks and balances and the bill of rights.

[simonh]

The founding fathers thought the rules of democracy were fundamentally broken? Isn't the Constitution and Bill of Rights precisely a set of rules for democracy?

[pitaj]

Yes, they did. Based on what happened in Greece, Rome, etc.

[wildrhythms]

In what way do you think the Bill of Rights is restrictive?

[pitaj]

It restricts the power of the government to do things it otherwise would have the power to do.