Faction is a group as in government acting together for the same interest, passion and beliefs against another group of government. Madison briefly discusses how faction can be dangerous for the unification of the states as one union government (Federal Government). At the time faction could be against individual rights and liberty between the major and minor parties.
“Extend the sphere, and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens; or if such a common motive exists, it will be more difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength, and to act in unison with each other.”
I agree with Madison’s debate on how politicians could get elected and how voters make decision based on the public good and not self interest. There is a conflict of faction and people are emotional and vote according to their self interest and beliefs. I believe Madison was focusing strongly on liberty and individual rights to vote and express opinions whether a person is rich and owned a property or poor and didn’t own a property. In which at the time owning a property was one of the biggest personal status as being rich. Madison debated if it would be better to remove the causes of faction or to control its effects. I think it would be very difficult and impossible to remove faction instead it is better to control its effects.
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