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Part 1: James Madison Fears “The People” James Madison didn’t trust the people: “Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.” Thus he expressed his fear. While he may be regarded as the Founding Father who urged checks and balances, let us not forget that he workedContinue reading “Collectives in Revolutionary Spain: The People Take Over”