Jefferson's 1775 prediction is here: "we will be governed by elected despots". The French deputy Pierre-François-Joseph Robert was sharper in 1793: "this is not democracy"
Jefferson was right in 1775: "The US will end up governed by elected despotism" We have arrived, ecause Republicans, Democrats and lobbies are the despots. The French deputy saw it even clearer: "representative democracy is not democracy&qu