@jon@social.vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net Thomas Jefferson predicted it in his private letters when the drafters of the constitution rejected incorporation of his suggested fourth branch of government that aimed to bring all citizens into a direct role in their own governance in the form of local wards. Without it he was aware that any claim of "sovereignty in the people" was meaningless. His response basically was "c'est la vie"! as he acknowledged the constitution's failure serve to complete the revolution. As in all revolutions since, the men (and women) of revolution once they got hold of the machinery of state have tended to exclude the populations and communities who'd brought the revolutions. This is wonderfully described by Hannah Arendt in her book "On Revolution" in which she described the sacrifice of freedom, defined in the early Classical sense of direct control of citizens over their communities, for the social question of solving problems of material insecurity and want first, leading to various forms of bureaucratic despotism in all institutions of society including privately held so-called "public" corporations. Robespierre himself realized this terrible mistake he'd made in his last speech on the eve of his own execution by the guillotine that he'd promoted.