Democracy was first practiced in Greece.
The Founding Fathers included the Bill of Rights in the hopes of protecting civil liberties of American citizens against the potential tyranny of the national government. Fearing a tyrannical system whereby the central government would have absolute control the Founding Fathers sought to institutionalize preventative measures such as the Bill of Rights to prevent this.
They are interested in gangsters because they think it’s attractive that people have so much power. They believe you could wow someone with power.
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