Okay guys this is Stefanie my thing isn't working so I'm posting on Alicja's name..

Ritu I think you put it perfectly and factions are always going to exist no matter what we do. Which leads me to you Alex, I don't think the realistic approach to factions is to destroy our government.

Frankly, I do not think we can ever get rid of them but I also agree with Amy that we shouldn't. According to Madison factions have the ability to break apart our country. Factions may be risky, but Amy's right, they have done some good. The multiple factions today help give our country diversity and have made us the strongest country in the world. Like we are doing in this blog, we are building off of one another and stating our differences of opinions. It's a good thing to have an open mind to others as long as you do not become too powerful, and that was Madison's fear. We could not evolve and progress as a human race without challenging each other and learning and developing from conflict.

Madison discusses the two methods of curing the mischiefs of factions; by removing its causes or controlling its effects. The methods of removing the causes would be to destroy the liberty essential to its existence or to give every citizen the same opinions. Both are obviously impracticable and unwise, even Madison saw that. The effects of factions can obviously not be stopped because as long as man has reason, different opinions will be formed. Okay, so stop there, enough said. We can't stop factions, I think that's pretty obvious to see. Madison didn't like them but he knew that they would be hard to get rid of. And today I think they have just strengthened with the Democrats and Republicans. But I don't think they're bad because there are so many with equal power so one can not rise highly above another. IF one does, then it could be bad news and the realities of Madison's nightmares. But I think that chance is slim and Madison was kind of dramatic.