Aristotle and the signing of the American constitution

Aristotle would have been pleased to see a large group of people working together to create a government for themselves rather than the tyranny of a monarch. Most likely though he would have assumed it to be an oligarchy given how few people were representing the greater population. That doesn't mean he would be displeased though for he seemed to like an oligarchy than a monarchy. In many ways the men who signed the constitution do not represent the idea we like to have about our government. They were all members of the gentry class of colonial life and were men well established in social and economic standing. In reality though it does well represent our government. In our representative democracy we generally elect people who are already rich and established.