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unit 3 dq

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Q Question #3 on page 100 of American Public Service: “Does the solution Madison offered to limiting factions and preserving liberty still work today? What factors might have changed to make the political system less capable of doing that now?”

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In Federalist no 10 James Madison warned about the ill-effects of the “faction”, minorities who would create issues they felt strongly about, possibly to harm the majority. But limiting these factions would mean violating individual freedom. The best way to deal with factions would be to let them flourish and compete against each other. Madison sought to explain that the proposed Constitution would limit factions and preserve liberty(