iirc there were a number of safeguards built in (that have all been removed or ignored):
u.s. senators were originally appointed by state govts, not popular elections
taxes were apportioned (paid by state govts to the federal), rather than direct income taxes
no standing army (lol)
money defined as gold & silver coins (no central bank)
tenth amendment
Count Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf Von Zeppelin /
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