This should be noted: In this 2012 conversation between Dougherty and Corey Robin, Dougherty specifically cites Burnham as a key conservative intellectual for him. It should be around the 13:20 mark.
It's not critical, but I think you're misreading a line in Madison.
"When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens."
There's a syntactic inversion, but I believe it's clear Madison is saying "when a faction has the majority, it can override the public good" -- and the problem is how to prevent this. You read it as though the second "to" were displaced --
"enables [the majority] to sacrifice its ruling passion or interest *to* both the public good and the rights of other citizens."
It would be nice to think this followed, but I think Madison is right to worry about the majority as a faction.
This should be noted: In this 2012 conversation between Dougherty and Corey Robin, Dougherty specifically cites Burnham as a key conservative intellectual for him. It should be around the 13:20 mark.
https://youtu.be/_mOh0HP8GSg
Ridiculous that even gussied up, at the end we still have some version of 'duh it's a republic not a democracy, neener neener'
Dougherty’s description of the UK parliament episode is so misleading that it is clearly a lie.
It's not critical, but I think you're misreading a line in Madison.
"When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens."
There's a syntactic inversion, but I believe it's clear Madison is saying "when a faction has the majority, it can override the public good" -- and the problem is how to prevent this. You read it as though the second "to" were displaced --
"enables [the majority] to sacrifice its ruling passion or interest *to* both the public good and the rights of other citizens."
It would be nice to think this followed, but I think Madison is right to worry about the majority as a faction.