1. The writers of the constitution was done by the “established social order”, the ones that had money and land, upper class. The working class and lower class were excluded from the constitution. The ones involved in the writing were white males who had enough land to be seen as elite, and capable of making the right decision and not being “tempted” as the poor. Although white males were in the group that did the writing, not all white males had a role in it, if they didn’t own X amount of land in their state they were not able to contribute. The ones excluded were in debt, this set them apart from the established social order, along with women, white males who didn’t own the right about of land, servants and slaves. It was also mentioned the thought of those not contributing to become greedy or have a sense of ambition if they did not come from wealth already.
  2. I think it depends, as of today, voting is open to all American citizens, which allows them to have their voice be heard as the mass majority of the country. Yet, not everything applies to protect all classes. The wealthy still benefit the most. The big difference today is, most of the population doesn’t own any land, which would mean they couldn’t vote, this also goes for all the groups that were excluded. In todays agenda all are welcomed to vote. There are still the different class brackets.
  3. They were afraid of the threat it could impose to their structure that was already created. The safety of their wealth would be in danger if democracy was implemented. Many changes would come due to democracy and their established social order would be no more.

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