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This paper highlights the issues that were faced by the founding fathers and their fear of a "dangerous leveling" in society. It further explains the problem of equalization of society that would thus lead to reduced inequalities of wealth, income, talents, and virtues. It examines these issues as discussed in the book, "The Irony of Democracy", by Thomas R. Dye and Harmon Zeigler.

Outline
Introduction
American Constitution
Theories of the Founding Fathers
"The Irony of Democracy"
Analysis
Conclusion

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"Thomas Jefferson diverged from the mainstream in stating a belief in the intrinsic intellectual inferiority of blacks, as most authors correctly argue, he was much more in line with contemporary thought in his fear of blacks as alien and dangerous. To Jefferson, blacks were crudely sexual creatures, and he presented as a fact, requiring no evidence or support, their sexual preference for whites, which was as great as that of "the for the black woman over those of his own species." Such fears, which led Jefferson to argue that the freed slave had to be literally removed beyond the reach of mixture or he would soon be staining the blood of his master, seem to have formed the core of the prejudice against blacks shared by nearly all white Americans."

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