Many of the founding fathers feared the combination of direct democracy and an inequality of wealth.

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The founding fathers, such as James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, believed in a representative democracy and feared that direct democracy could lead to a tyranny of the majority. They also worried that an unequal distribution of wealth could create a situation in which the wealthy minority could manipulate and control the decisions of the majority.

Many of the Founding Fathers Feared the Combination of Direct