Madison finds two ways of destroying factions: destroy liberty or that everyone thinks alike. Since the latter one is impossible, The other one is left. Madison rejects it because the colonies had just fought for their liberty, so it wouldn't make sense to now destroy it.
The correct answer is “destroying people’s ability to form factions.”
One method of destroying factions that Madison rejects, even though he says it would work is destroying people’s ability to form factions.
For James Madison, a faction was a group of people that join together in order to promote their own political and economic agendas. He considered two important ways to maintain control over factions, controlling the motives that gather the group and the actions of the group. But one method of destroying factions that Madison rejects, even though he says it would work is destroying people’s ability to form factions.
The options of the question were, A) destroying people’s ability to form factions. B) eliminating factions from taking part in government. C) penalizing factions that act counter to the greater good of people. D) creating a government that establishes absolute equality among people.
