Steve Randy Waldman on Nostr: James Madison in Federalist No 10 writes a virtue of a large republic is “the ...

James Madison in Federalist No 10 writes a virtue of a large republic is “the greater security afforded by a greater variety of parties, against the event of any one party being able to outnumber and oppress the rest”.

Though they inadvertently produced one quite quickly, the “founding fathers” never favored a two-party system. A two-party system is repellent to the logic and aspirations of the Constitutional system.

https://billofrightsinstitute.org/primary-sources/federalist-no-10