By the end of the Glorious Revolution in England, governmental powers had been passed on from the king to the Parliament, as it invented the idea of the people. The narrative repeated itself across the pond, as the founding fathers gathered in 787 with an objective to strengthen congress. As the meeting unexpectedly became a constitutional convention, James Madison recognized that if the people of the United States as a whole
could be thought to stand superior to the people of any single state, the disease of factionalism could be rid of. As Parliamentarians had trumped divine right with popular sovereignty, Federalists had trumped state sovereignty with popular sovereignty.
As a result of the new constitution, federalists were pleased that a small number of the natural aristocracy would be elected as representatives. Similar to the federalists, Socrates had been a huge pessimist about democracy by birthright and favored an intellectual democracy instead. This was because, on a journ
ey to sea, deciding who would be in charge of the vessel would best be conducted by people knowledgeable about the rules and demands of seafaring, not just anyone. On the same vein, Voting in an election and deciding the future of a country are skills, not a random intuition, and thus needs to be taught systematically. Since the American independence, the quality of the mere people has changed. Nowadays, a lot of the common people are arguably as well educated as the natural aristocrats. It is commonly known that before a citizens political decision-making, they should be well informed on details and be sufficiently exposed to the various arguments. Learning whats best for the country is not so much harder than turning on the radio, 9 oclock news, or the cell phone. Also, everyone has the opportunity to voice their opinion, with methods ranging from wearing a pin to disobeying the law as a demonstration, voting, signing petitions, campaigning, participating in protests, and many more.