Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Federalist 10 For Dummies

Federalist Paper #10 deals with the groups ("factions") of people in post-Revolutionary America. Because it is impossible to work out all the differences of all the people and control conflicts between these factions, democracy will always have conflict in it. The author argued for the Constitution by stating the necessity of a representative government (to eliminate tyranny) so all of these factions could have a voice. There will always be factions, he reasons, yet a country united under one Constitution - like the USA - can help regulate the conflicts between them and end up stronger.

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