{"id":7555,"date":"2026-06-15T00:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T00:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-a050-american-government-summer-2026\/?p=7555"},"modified":"2026-06-15T00:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T00:35:23","slug":"jamal-carrillo-discussion-board-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-a050-american-government-summer-2026\/2026\/06\/15\/jamal-carrillo-discussion-board-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamal Carrillo Discussion Board 6.2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1.<br>Faction is like social class. Madison describes a faction as a group united by a common interest that conflicts with other groups, which is exactly how Marxist theory defines classes: groups defined by their relationship to property, whose interests are in opposition to one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Madison believes that the source of wealth is the natural variety of the faculties of men (abilities and gifts of people). The ones with better faculties get more property and the ones with lesser faculties, less property. That&#8217;s why some are rich and some are poor, in his opinion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Madison&#8217;s justification is ideological says inequality is natural and inevitable, not a result of exploitation, inheritance, colonization, or structural power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. The primary function of government, says Madison, is to &#8220;protect the rights of these faculties&#8221; \u2014 that is, protect the unequal capacity of individuals to &#8220;acquire property&#8221; \u2014 which is to secure the wealth and property of the rich. This is probably not the type of government that most people are taught today \u2014 which is to serve the common good, provide services, or protect individual rights equally. Madison is avowing that the government is meant to defend the rights of the property-owning class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Pure democracy would allow for the direct exercise of power by the majority, in this case, the working poor, who could vote to cancel the debts or redistribute the land, or even to take the wealth away from the elite. A republic is a government that represents popular will through elected representatives, who are usually wealthier, more educated, and in harmony with the prosperous interests. The bigger, the further the republic is dispersed, the more difficult it will be for the poor majority to organize and act as a whole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.Faction is like social class. Madison describes a faction as a group united by a common interest that conflicts with other groups, which is exactly how Marxist theory defines classes: groups defined by their relationship to property, whose interests are in opposition to one another. 3. 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