“Madison has demonstrated before that his is a clear and futuristic vision, and if in certain particulars the reality did not match the vision . . . “
The Framers were realists, very well aware of man’s propensity to accumulate power at the expense of our liberty. In each Federalist there are warnings of corruptions to the system they designed. The first corruption they warned of begins with a debauched people who think they can trade freedom for security.