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This 7-page paper examines Sydnor's American Revolutionaries in the Making: Political Practices in Washington’s Virginia, examines the theories behind democracy and aristoracy, and discusses if Virginia's political systems from the 18th and 19th centuries would work in today's political system.
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that democracy is responsible for two things. First, it must develop men who are capable of governing. Second, it must have a system to select those men who are able
to govern. On the surface, Sydnor may have had a point as to the success of Virginias combination of aristocracy and
democracy; after all, during the founding days of our country, Virginia produced Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe - all of which were four great leaders who were considered "forefathers" of
our country. Yet though these men were ostensibly in strong support of a democratic nation, they all came from the "upper crust," the aristocracy, which tended to stress Aristotles belief
of the rule of a few to oversee the activities of many. We face a few questions in this paper. First, how
was Virginia able to combine aristocracy with democracy and make it work? Second, would Virginias political system work today? Building the democratic ideal on the shoulders of aristocrats
While Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe were lauded by historians as being men of the people, they were actually men of the aristocracy, who
were able, through circumstances, to identify themselves with the people. This isnt too far from the campaign run by Bill Clinton during the early 1990s when, as he aspired to
become president of the United States, the repeated line he would spout was "I feel your pain," showing how in touch he was with voters who were suffering through recessionary
times (unlike his adversary, George W. Bush, who seemed out of touch with the common man). But the four men mentioned
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