Popular mass democracy brought U.S. down and gave U.S. the obamanation we live in today.
Our Founding Fathers knew all along that popular mass democracy would lead to unlimited government and socialism. That’s why they set up limited government constitutional republic. The Electoral College was set up to elect the POTUS. The state legislatures elected U.S. Senators. Voting in federal elections was limited only to property owners. I now see the wisdom of that.
Popular mass democracy leads to unlimited government and is therefore hostile to free market capitalism, private property rights, and ultimately individual liberty.