“The latent causes
of faction are thus sown in the nature of man, and we see them everywhere brought
into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of
civil society. A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning
government, and many other points, as well of speculation and practice; and
attachment to different leaders ambitiously contending for pre-eminence and
power or to persons of other descriptions whose fortunes have been interesting
to the human passions, have, in turn, divided mankind into two parties,
inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to
vex and oppress each other than to cooperate for their common good."
As
human beings it is in our nature to want to attach ourselves to anyone who
thinks and want the same things we want regardless of how it may be detrimental
to others. We protect what we deemed is been threatened i.e. our religious and
political beliefs. We aligned ourselves to those who are in power that have the
same beliefs as we do because those powerful people with protect those beliefs
that we hold to be true. People who are
in power that have the same beliefs as we do because we think that will protect
those beliefs. This Madison say is why we have division in government. Everyone looks out for their own interest
rather than looking out for the common good.
As
you see in today this is still going on.
Many people have been left behind, the poor, women, children and the
undocumented. The people in power thinks
that these group of people have nothing to contribute to society so why bother
with them. The people in power will
always want to pick on the weak. They
don’t think that anyone will be watching them.
Look all the laws that they are trying to pass that will have an adverse
effect on women, the poor and the undocumented. They don’t think that a woman knows what’s
best for her. That woman needs the
government to tell that her how to conduct herself. The Voting Rights Act is being threaten, many
claiming that fraud is one of the many reasons why they want to roll back the
Voting Right Act of 1965. The undocumented have been in the forefront during
this election cycle. They have been
blamed for everything bad that has been happening in America. America was built on the backs of the
immigrants. During this time we see many
politician using fear to divide the people. Why can we all do something good
for the common good of humanity?
