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    Madison's own Federalist No. 10 argues scale can enhance ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A great democracy must either sacrifice self-government to achieve unity or preserve self-government through federalism.

    Madison's own Federalist No. 10 argues scale can enhance rather than threaten self-government by filtering faction through extended republics.

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    • 1.Larger electorates force candidates to appeal to moderate coalitions rather than narrow factional interests, naturally moderating extreme positions.
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    • 2.Extended republics create more intermediate institutions and deliberative bodies that refine public opinion through reasoned debate.
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    • 3.Geographic and economic diversity in large republics prevents any single faction from dominating, requiring negotiation and compromise.
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    • 1.Scale creates information deficits: citizens cannot meaningfully evaluate distant representatives or complex policies affecting distant regions.
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    • 2.Large republics enable powerful interest groups and wealthy factions to capture centralized institutions more easily than local governments.
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    • 3.Madison conflates faction-suppression with self-government; filtering via scale may reduce popular voice while reducing faction equally.
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