"If your American chief (president) be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute (compl
ete ruler)! The army is in his hands, and if he be a man of address, it will be attached to him, and it will be the subject of long mediation with him to seize the first auspicious (good) moment to accomplish his design." The above quote reflects a fear on the part of Anti-federalists that the army will one day try to take over the nation
the army will be too weak to defend the nation
the president will have too little power to get anything done
the president will be able to use the army for whatever he wishes
the president will be able to use the army for whatever he wishes
Explanation:
Antifederalism is the term used to refer to a group of people who disagree with a form of state organization in which there is a government that performs centralizing state functions. But while there is a central power, there is the division of power between the units that make it up. In this kind of state organization, the president has a lot of power and influence in all spheres of government, and anti-Federalists believed that this could be very dangerous.
An example of the anti-federalists' concern can be seen in the text above, where the anti-federalists expressed their concern about the president's ability to use the army any way he wants and against whoever he wants.
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is that autocracy is a form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual while democracy is (uncountable) rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).
