But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. - Alexander Hamilton
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Yeah, but #Federalist 10 brings that observation in directions the reader might not be expecting :)
> The inference to which we are brought, is, that the causes of faction cannot be removed; and that relief is only to be sought in the means of controlling its effects.
> From this view of the subject, it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society, consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction.
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0178
@volkris true, that's why pure democracy can't scale