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This is an opinion. No one can actually know how people over 200 years ago felt. Their words and writing must also taken into context for the times. There is more evidence to the contrary of this opinion than to support it. If you can listen past the rhetoric of today's lawmakers you will find many of them elitist.

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Q: Despite the rhetoric about the robustness of US democracy the founding fathers saw the citizens of the US as little more than subjects?
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