{"id":1122,"date":"2022-09-25T20:34:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T20:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-introduction-to-american-government-artinian\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2022-09-25T20:34:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T20:34:18","slug":"discussion-board-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0505-introduction-to-american-government-fall-2022\/2022\/09\/25\/discussion-board-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion Board 6.2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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  1. What concept that we have already discussed does “faction” remind you of?<\/li>
  2. According to Federalist #10 (written by James Madison), what is the source<\/strong> of wealth (private property)<\/strong>? What factor explains why some people get to possess wealth by owning private property, and others don’t (thus remaining poor)? This is a key question, because it shows how the authors of the Constitution thought about the difference between different classes of Americans! <\/em>HINT: focus on the passage that begins: “The diversity in the faculties (WHAT DOES FACULTIES mean or refer to?) of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not les….”<\/em><\/li>
  3. Do you agree with this explanation of wealth and poverty?<\/li>
  4. What is the core mission (“first object”) of the US government? Does this surprise you, does it sound different from what our society today seems to suggest the core mission of the government is? Explain.<\/li>
  5. Given the discussion in questions 1-4, are you surprised that Federalist #10 is not in favor of democracy, and supports a Republican (representative) form of government? Why would d the author dislike a (pure) democratic form of government? Hint: <\/em>think about how this question connects with the social classes…<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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