What are Brutus’ critiques against the new Constitution

-Pick two questions. Respond to each question separately, i.e., each question must have its own introduction, development, and conclusion. You must write at least 500 words (there is no upper limit). Your total word count (with both questions together) will have at least 1000 words.

1. What are Brutus’ critiques against the new Constitution? How does the Federalist Papers respond to Brutus’ critiques?

2. What is the equality of conditions for Tocqueville and how is it connected to his notion of democracy? What are the potential dangers of the equality of conditions?

3. Why is Marx and Engel’s notion that all ideas are the product of economic factors (historical materialism) central to their political theory and their theory of revolution? What is their notion of ideology and how is it connected to historical materialism?

4. Why do Marx and Engels believe that capitalism is a historical period is different from the previous ones, and that it will be the last historical period before socialism? What are the ways in which capitalism oppresses the workers?

5. The three following thinkers have all addressed the problem of how majorities can become too dominant and crush/silence minorities: The Federalists, Tocqueville, and John Stuart Mill. Pick two of these three thinkers and compare them. How do they describe the potential danger of these majorities? How do they describe the source of these dangers? What are their respective solutions to these dangers?