James Madison’s fear of passion ruling reason comes true

What would James Madison think of Democracy today?

It seems like his fears of impassioned civilians being drawn into mob leadership has come true. The system he had created to prevent this from happening has been destroyed.

America has not been this split arguably since the Civil War with political parties and leaders now embodying the views of their most extreme members. There has been an incredible shift which the Founders wanted to elude. Presidents and senior politicians…