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Every aspect of the new federal government was designed to ensure that the public would never be able to exercise the power of a democratic majority to dilute the value of debts owed to those elites, or escape taxes to finance those debts, or—god forbid—redistribute property and wealth from those landed, slave-owning elites to the public So: the US receive a House of Representatives, which is directly elected by the public for short terms (but with no power of recall). That House is checked by a second chamber, a Senate, which was originally chosen by state governments for lengthier terms of six years, rather than elected by the public. Executive power is exercised by a single president, with veto power, who is selected by an electoral college rather than the public. The judiciary is appointed, not elected, and serves for life. 9/