Similarities Of The Federalist And Anti-Federalists

The federalists and anti-federalists were two parties that, while having a side that I personally would agree with, both had extremely reasonable arguments for their ideas. While a decent amount of anti-federalists definitely agreed that the threat factions among the people posed was very real, they believed that the solution the federalists proposed was not the correct way to go about it. The federalists were very strongly in favor of ratifying the constitution, which would give the central government far more power than once present in the articles of confederation. The anti-federalists, however, were the exact opposite. They were opposed to the idea of putting a national government at the forefront of things, and instead favored having states
Nevertheless, I still think I find myself on the pro-constitution side of the spectrum. I believe that keeping a centralized government in overarching control is essential to the protection of civil liberties. Majority ruling within state governments having complete control may seem like the biggest liberty in and of itself, but it truly puts liberty in a more dangerous situation than any other outcome. As mentioned in Federalist 10, factions are the biggest danger to freedom as they will almost certainly lead to minority opinions being null within localized governments. The one pointer that almost sues me to side with the anti-federalists is the fear of state government requiring no intervention as any attempt to execute power would mean nothing so long as it is inconsistent with the laws of the constitution. Unfortunately, without knowing how the future turns out, this line of reasoning is fairly irrefutable and serves as an extremely valid stressor for anti-federalists. It would make the state’s seem like their power is stripped unless “barely necessary to the organization of the general government” (Brutus