Random Thoughts on Governance, the Ideas of the Majority, and the Effect of birth rates on propagation of beliefs and values. Federalist #51 A professor told me about an essay contest. The winner of the essay contest takes $5,000. The contest is open to the public, and as a member of the public, I am giving it some thought. The Federalist Society hosts the contest, and they have set the topic on an issue related to "Federalist Essay #51," which discusses the division of power in government and how the branches of government ought to be created to oppose each other. Toward the end of the essay, James Madison (the author) notes that a similar division must also exist between different segments of society. He argues that when one group becomes too large, it crushes and destroys the others by imposing its will through elected officials and laws. As the majority, it has the power to out-vote all other segments of society. In essence, the essay argues that America's ide
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