Federalist 10, Explained [AP Government FOUNDATIONAL Documents]

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Oh my gosh, thankyou so much! I had read and reread this essay and was having the hardest time understanding it. I now have almost 3 pages of well articulated notes and I can now explain it on my own!

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[@Decimusblack88]

​@heimlershistory wow, everything that you read from the federalist papers 10 reminded me of season 2 of the middle east show "Tyrant* basically balsam alfieid the character was supposed to have a fair election for president, he eliminated an opposing faction, and made things worse, his whole mission was to spread liberty , but then spit on it, watch the show! It's good

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[@grim504]

This is a great explanation on what is a very confusing paper to read, old English at times is very complicated

[@heimlershistory]

Glad it helped! And yes, it can be confusing as heck sometimes...

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I took some time and read and studied each part of a sentence and replaced it with more modern phrases. This did take some time, but I thouroholy understand it. Thanks Heimler​@heimlershistory

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[@joshuas390]

Man, imagine the guy who wrote this seeing the United States today! "Wait... why is there only two political parties??? WTF DID YOU GUYS DO!?"

[@stantrien8106]

We neglected to apply these principles to populations as they grew larger. Many counties that had 2000 people when Madison was alive now have nearly as many people as the whole original 13 colonies combined....and yet they never had the same restrictions placed upon them. In this way, power was slowly gathered in urban centers over the rest of the state, and the number of interests represented by that state therein shrunk. This reached a head in the early 1900's, when the 17th amendment was ratified and this state of affairs was applied to the whole nation. The 10th amendment was permanently de-fanged, and the policies of Wilson and FDR soon followed.

[@Leonidas-nu3jp]

One thing this misses is that Madison points to a particular minority that needs to be protected: The Rich. He goes on to state that diversity of ability will always lead to diversity of wealth and that it is this diversity of wealth that the Republican constitution must protect.

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[@GordonMcWilliams]

James Madison more stressed that the common cause for factions was various and unequal distributions of property and that economic stratification was inevitable so a large republic has to have checks to prevent factions as opposed to setting up a government that can deal with the problems of class conflict and economic stratification. The rights of a minority he may have been concerned with might have been the rights of private property - since we know that the founding of the American constitution limited rights for any non-white, non-property-owning individual. Madison's emphasis on controlling the effects of factions rather than eliminating their causes can be interpreted as an acknowledgment of the persistent nature of class conflict within a new capitalist society.

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[@benjimann4438]

I guess my question then is: Why didn't this work? How or why did the formation of factions stop at 2?

[@stantrien8106]

It did work for a time, there may have been two political blocks but they were limited in the damage they could wrought on liberty by the numerous different interests they answered to in their home states. Where it started going wrong was when we neglected to apply these principles to populations as they grew larger. Many counties that had 2000 people when Madison was alive now have nearly as many people as the whole original 13 colonies combined....and yet they never had the same restrictions placed upon them. In this way, power was slowly gathered in urban centers over the rest of the state, and the number of interests represented by that state therein shrunk. This reached a head in the early 1900's, when the 17th amendment was ratified and this state of affairs was applied to the whole nation. The 10th amendment was permanently de-fanged, and the policies of Wilson and FDR soon followed.

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[@ddozzi]

> **James Madison** Answers: *“How will the Constitution protect the liberty of individuals against the tyranny of the majority?”* > *Important note: *that the framers of the Constitution hated pure democracy because the majority would always win over the minority; there would be no real representation of the minority.* - Addresses **factions** and why they’re bad. - **Faction:** a group of citizens (majority or minority) that are united by some passion, interest, or ideals and oppose the views of other citizens; **a group of people who wish to dominate the government so that they can impose their views on all of society.** - Clearly, a faction is not a good thing due its tyrannical goals. Madison proposes two solutions (for controlling the bad nature of factions): 1. Removing the causes; stop the factions from ever forming 1. This can be done in two ways: 1. *Don’t let factions form* 1. Necessarily, it will impede upon the liberty of the factions. 2. To destroy the liberty of the factions in order to control them is worse than just letting them exist in the first place. 2. *Get everyone to somehow have the same opinions.* 1. This is impossible. 2. Everyone has different opinions. 2. ***This solution cannot work. We must go with the other solution.*** 2. Controlling the effects; allow factions to form but limit their power 1. Madison believes that the best way to control the effects are through the use of a **Republican-style Government** as opposed to a pure democracy. 2. **Republican-style Government:** a form of government where the opinions and values of the people are represented by elected individuals. 3. As the nation grows, so will its people. There will be an increasingly diverse population of people with their own opinions and ideals. 1. It will become very hard or nearly impossible to get a large majority for any decision regarding politics (this is why a direct democracy wouldn’t work, but its also why a representative form would work). 1. Since there are so many opinions, there will be many factions with more general opinions. Many people who share similar opinions will then by grouped into these factions. 2. However, due to the large amount of factions, it’ll be difficult for any one of them to consistently get a large majority in any political debate. 3. Since all these factions are in competition, they will be forced to compromise on their opinions to form a large majority.

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[@kodajessica]

Thank you! We're studying this in my college class this semester and I had read it three times and was just getting more confused.

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So it's safe to say Madison would be pissed if he were alive today to see the 2 parry system at work

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Hi Steve, I love your series and use it with my AP GOV classes. One small note: in your graphic and voiceover at 2:33 you use the word "ailment", but in the original text uses "aliment" meaning to provide nourishment or sustenance.

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[@VirrealWorld]

WOW did Madison get this one wrong. Instead of additional factions adding as the nation gr, we saw a strengthening of only 2 factions, possibly effecting the ever widening gap between the two.

[@AllStater09]

That’s how I understood it as well.

[@GordonMcWilliams]

It's more about the intentions of Madison and the founding fathers and what government they want to create. A key point left out in this video (probably not pertinent to the test) is that Madison and other federalist writers believed that economic stratification was a primary cause for factions to arise. While we know that they were not too concerned for personal individual liberties they do stress the right to private property. You'll recall that the original formation of this state and republic was limited to white, male, property owners. He was not worried about too many parties, he actually thought there would be more parties, the faction he was worried about was the faction that would try to bring about an end to private property. Madison's argument for a large republic as a means to dilute the influence of any single faction can thus be seen as a strategy to protect the rights of a minority-specifically, the minority of property owners-from the potential tyranny of the majority. This perspective aligns with the broader constitutional framework of the United States, which included various mechanisms designed to safeguard the interests of the wealthy and powerful, such as the Electoral College and the Senate, which disproportionately represented the interests of the smaller, less populous states where the elite had significant control.

[@minetime6881]

Thank you, this is very helpful, but I still have one question. How does a republic style of government help minorities when a pure democracy doesn’t? Because after all, doesn’t the majority still win when electing a representative?

[@heimlershistory]

Yes, but remember, he’s arguing for ratification of the Constitution which provides for a Senate as well. It’s the Senate that protects minorities because of its equal representation.

[@minetime6881]

@@heimlershistory Wow thank you for responding! Ok, do you have a video on the senate? How does that work, because I thought that each representative would also go off of what the majority wants.

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[@RaphaelAmbrosiusCosteau51]

Thank you very much man. I took AP US history and AP government and even in college I can still barely understand what they’re trying to say in these papers lol

[@memesfromdema5032]

I think I confused this for the checks and balances one for the test 😬

[@mariavrubio4683]

Mr. Heimler. I am a bit confused. Fed 10 was written in 11/22/1787 and Brutus I was written in 10/18/1787. Why was Brutus I the response to Fed 10 if it was written before?

[@heimlershistory]

It was the response to the Federalist position, not necessarily Federalist 10 in particular

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Very good I personally don’t see what’s so hard to understand about federalist 10 some of the others however are a little difficult but that just means your brain is going to get a little more exercise.( just some friendly advice don’t try reading them before bed!😬)

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So, can Madison's solution be summed up as populism?

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[@esti4179]

I feel like James Madison would very much be in favor of the way that states like Germany and Italy function, with their multi-party democracy and how they have measures to prevent two-party systems or one-party states from forming, with it being extremely difficult for one party to receive an outright majority.

[@blackmountain1983]

What confuses me is, I don't understand what the diversification of the nation has to do with a Republican government. It doesn't sound like a Republican government is solving the problem, but natural diversity.

[@liamskopal7516]

I have limited knowldge of Parliamentary systems, but from what I understand, I think he's right. The trouble is, the US ended up with a two party system.

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[@andrewvirtue5048]

So just as the founding fathers thought, the problem we are experiencing right now is not enough factions (political parties). I fantasize of a third white/silver party. To match the third color of our flag of course. Factions in general George Washington, and now apparently James Madison as well, were against the formation and practice of factions; again that being political parties.

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[@branrx]

Unfortunately we only have two factions. We need to factionate this county!

[@skeetermccleeter]

I don't think they considered the super rich a faction. Or that money could definitely mismatch the size and power of a minority. I'm pretty sure the super rich know their strength and are definitely acting in unison to keep themselves powerful and rich.

[@asbergledooglepoof5545]

I think that this was perhaps the point. To not allow/make it harder for the poor and to organize under a common cause. Specifically unify against the minority-the minority being the rich.

[@asbergledooglepoof5545]

(Oops I wasn’t done typing lmao) The shay’s rebellion was seen a threat to democracy because it showed how easily the poor/working class could unify against the rich and how willing they were to do so. It also pointed out how little power they had to intimidate them back into submission. In this essay I will show(?) that the “democracy” the federalists created was one that suited the rich through analysis of historical events throughout American history and the Civil rights movement as well as texts such as the federalist papers and the US Constitution…(and I will hilight how this is what their intended purpose) The tyranny of the mob is the democracy of the people. Okay goodnight

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[@asokt4931]

Its also important to note the influence of time on fractions - as societies evolves, and knowledge disperse and technologies appears there goes a cycle in which groups lose status or footing within the nation and its this lost of status and footing that i believe brings the threat of the factions to life. Precisely - as we now live in a turning point in US history, there is a lost of status on power by a significant numbers of Americans which gave rise to groups like MAGA.

[@Renbu8]

Eww... This paper is about protecting the faction of the rich from the "faction" of the poor majority. Except the term faction implies minority, so it's a little strange to refer to the majority as such.

[@kenbair]

Madison naively, tacitly assumes that all factions are regional, and that they must proliferate as the Union grew. He missed the concept that a farmer in one region had more in common with a farmer in another than with a banker who might live close by. It would take Marx to introduce Class solidarity

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[@jasononeal]

You completely skipped the part of Federalist 10 which identified the "most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property." Madison was advocating for a government that would protect the propertied classes from the power of the majority of the poorest class, "A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes, actuated by different sentiments and views."

[@heimlershistory]

You're right, I did skip that. But keep in mind this video is for kids studying for their AP Government exam, so I'm only mentioning the ideas they need to know. It's not a full overview of the document. I agree: that's one of the most interesting pieces.

[@jasononeal]

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[@henriomoeje8741]

I guess Madison didn't envisage mass communication which will dwarf distance in a large republic. January 6th insurrection is a case study that debunks his arguments that factions won't form in a large and diverse territory.

[@coatrak1357]

You missed the whole point

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[@RextheRebel]

Republican government did nothing but ensure party factions exist and stifle the people.

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