LAD#4- Federalist #10

1. Why are factions so difficult to eliminate?

Factions are so difficult to eliminate because of human nature. As long as men are different; whether it is because of wealth, opinions, or property, they will always group together with others like them. The most important difference between men is property ownership. Men have different amounts and types of property and wealth. For example, the southern aristocrats, as a general rule had more wealth in land, while the northerners had more wealth resulting from and in business, trade etc. This brings on different ways in which each man would wish to be governed in order to best fit his needs. Unless every person was in the same situation, economically at least, it would be almost impossible to eliminate factions. Even with the same economic situation however there would still be many other differences of opinion arising from other things such as the environment and experiences of different people.

2. If factions cannot be removed then how can they be controlled?

Since actions cannot be removed they can be controlled with the democratic system with the different groups voting and taking majority rule to pass different laws, rules etc. The groups need to also make sure each group has a say in any of the decisions otherwise they would cause conflict due to the human nature of their egos. The check and balance system would help as well for that could control one group from getting too much power.