Suppose the Constitution was an elitist document to protect the interest of the rich, (question below)?

Question

How then did the constitution give way to the democratic tendencies and policies that exists today.

Answer 1

It's only given way as much as it has because ordinary citizens have *cared* to fight tooth and nail to insure that they and their children have it better as regards civil and human rights.

Women had to fight for the right to vote.

The Civil War was fought *in part* to free the Enslaved African, even though it was also about the sovereignty of States versus the Unity of the Union....

More Recently, the Civil Rights Marches started by people like Malcom X and Dr. Martin Luther King have been all about ordinary citizens (like Rosa Parks) standing up for themselves and saying, "No, I *do* have basic human diginty and basic human rights, and I *will not* tolerate *your society's* disrespect of them."

And if you know your history, it all started with Plymouth Rock, before there even was a *thought* of a Constitution or a United States of America, and it was only about people fleeing England and *religious persecution*.

So yeah, while the Constitution (as opposed to the Articles of Federation, let's say) was written more to protect the interests of debt-holders and businessmen (lots of stuff about protecting Interstate commerce that folks just don't *get* in terms of broader implications), the truth is, the trend so far has been one of *ordinary people* being willing to stand up for themselves, fight for themselves, and suffer for themselves if need be so that future generations are free.

But. The trend existed *well before* the Constitution. And it worries me because I am not sure that trend still lives in this nation *now*. People just can't seem to be bothered to even stand up for themselves, never ming to fight for what is right for others. Any more it really does seem like folks are too used to *sucking up* and to *just getting by* and not thinking about the future, or about solving problems or making things *better*....

And the twisted part is....so many folks see nothing wrong. So many have blinded themselves to how much *appeasing* of societal abusers goes on in this world, in this nation. It's a cultural form of Stockholm Syndrome, we now have people who *sympathize* with the company that *outsoruced them out of a job and straight onto the Welfare Rolls*. We now have people who *are proud* to appease Big Oil in spite of gas prices going up and up this past summer, and in spite of Big Terror all but being the puppet-masters behind it all....

It's sad and pathetic is what it is. So many ordinary people laid down their lives, not just in a military way, but by risking life and limb as *ordinary citizens* just to get us the civil rights that we not only take for granted, but are *throwing away* at an alarming rate just because Fox News Says So. O_O How many women were attacked earning the vote? How many men were beaten down and killed outright to earn the right to *join* a labor union and to have *organized* representation stand up for them to Big Business? How many churches were bombed, how many proud leaders shot dead, in the name of Civil Rights for People of Color?

Does anyone even *know* anymore? Does anyone even care?

Answer 2

If you know anything about American History, then you know that that is not why the Constitution was written. The Constitution was written to form a strong central government in which there was a system of checks and balances, with most of the power in the hands of the people while guaranteeing them liberty.

Answer 3

The Constitution holds no shortage of examples of the founders' "democratic tendancies".

The story of the evolving American Nation is a story of gradual inclusion of various groups into the voting franchise. IMHO , It is not a giving way but a developing understanding of how the founders' document manifests itself in the society & with the culture that currently exists.

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Answer 4

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