And yet we call systems that are ruled by very small minorities "dictatorships" so it's not something you can optimize in one direction, as it's one thing to protect minorities and something else for minorities to order everyone else around.
I have not seen any clear indication that the Founders collectively had anything against majorities per se, though, or even that they were trying to promote a liberal society (at least for any modern meaning of that word), as they simply required super-majority rules for more fundamental changes (e.g. changes to the Constitution) and seem to me more concerned that a minority of people in power could not do everything on their own, though I think there was some debate on that between the Federalists and those opposed to them.
I have not seen any clear indication that the Founders collectively had anything against majorities per se, though, or even that they were trying to promote a liberal society (at least for any modern meaning of that word), as they simply required super-majority rules for more fundamental changes (e.g. changes to the Constitution) and seem to me more concerned that a minority of people in power could not do everything on their own, though I think there was some debate on that between the Federalists and those opposed to them.