Constitutional Convention feared democracy and were “concerned” about too much concentrated power
...ple might make consequential decisions. The majority who attended were rich, educated, upper-class landowners. They claimed to have the best interests of the people in mind, and in some cases they did. According to the framers the people are and forever will be unfit to retain the exercise of power in their own hands. Thus the separation of powers ensures that the national government controls itself and, if this check fails, federalism enables the states to protect the people from abuse by the central government. The people were given little opportunity to influence public policy. The only "voice of the people" was in the election of members to the House of Representatives; the people were denied selection of any other national officials. Furthermore, most action taken b...