"Madison: "The primary responsibility of government is to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority". He believed that when he put power in the hands of the wealthy class of men, that they were going to be, as he put it. "enlightened statesmen and benevolent philosophers", who would devote themselves to the welfare of all.
By 1792, he was already very upset by the fate of this democratic experiment which he thought was failing. He condemned what he called the "daring depravity of the times" as the business leaders who had now been given power used that power to become the tools and tyrants of government. They overwhelmed government with their powers and combinations and their bribes and their self-serving interests and not the interests of the general public.
He perceived how the system he designed was actually functioning." - Chomsky
That's a pretty good description of how government is still functioning today. Government of, by, and for the few as impending crises after impending crises remain unresolved. because solutions would step on their toes. The benevolent philosopher/statesmen Madison envisioned as running government are where?
Retired Monk - "Ideology is a disease"