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The Federalist No. 10

James Madison · essay, 1787·15 min in the original·original at avalon.law.yale.edu

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Factions cannot be removed, only managed. Their causes are sown in human nature and unequal property; removing them would require destroying liberty itself, a cure worse than the disease.
Pure democracy has no defense. In a small direct democracy a majority faction can oppress the rest with nothing in its way, which is why such democracies died violent, short lives.
A republic filters and enlarges. Representation passes public views through a chosen body, and a large republic offers more fit characters and makes corrupt capture harder.
Scale is the safeguard. Extend the sphere and you take in more parties and interests, making it less probable that a majority finds both the motive and the coordination to invade the rights of others.

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The essay that turned faction from a bug into a design constraint. Every argument about polarization still runs on its rails.

Factions are inevitable because liberty produces them, so a constitution must control their effects rather than remove their causes. Madison's answer: a large republic, where representation and sheer scale make it hard for any faction to capture the whole.

This distillation is written from the freely available original, which is always the better read when you have the time: avalon.law.yale.edu.

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