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Federalist Number 5 discussed the issue of the tyrany of the majority and the identical but oposite problem of the tyrany of the minority. Madison and Hamilton pointed out that both the interests of the majority and minority must be ballanced to reach a just society. Ya think those guys might have read The Republic?

Our country works because it was set up by our forefathers to work on the principle of enlightened self interest, and each individual was given the oportunity and freedom to pursue his own self interest, making the others around him better off as he improved his own situation. The more we get away from this principle the worse off we are.