he was reading the Federalist Papers for pleasure 

                                                     Federalist 10 to be specific  Madison attacked the view that pursuing one’s own interest violates public spirit  he resisted using virtue

meanwhile as he read he understood that Abigail Adams worried to her friend Mercy Otis Warren of men whose “self Interest is all more powerfull than public virtue.”  Benjamin Franklin likewise wrote “Sordid self-Interest (was) the natural Produce of base Minds.”

he agreed hardily with Franklins assessment

                                                how it was base Minds today littered the media landscape the public sphere conflicted him  he couldnt understand how so many of them were serving elected officials 

                                                                                                       unless baser Minds were at play  or were played

Madison wrote “The causes of faction cannot be removed . . relief is only to be sought in the means of controlling its effects.” 

         the way to provide to harness its energies its effects was by involving “the spirit of party and faction in the necessary and ordinary operation of government.”

                                                     use one mans interest against anothers  the more interests at play in politics the smaller chance one intense passion will prevail

 

Federalist 10 was published 22 November 1787

                                                   he couldnt help but wonder if Madison wasnt Spooky  clairvoyant

he might have been writing of Now

Base minds running amuck in Fear

                                   the uniting drivel of white Base minds     

1407,  Monday,  24  5. 21

The Bas Lexter Ensample  Run Home  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afIk5NwitqI