𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-28 months agoThey had some good ideas, but they also had some really bad ideas.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1943file-text
arrow-up1943imageThey had some good ideas, but they also had some really bad ideas.lemmy.world𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square72fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·8 months agoGeorge Washington was against political parties for the exact reason our country is being torn apart by partisan politics today.
minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·8 months agoSounds like he should have put stronger protections in place, and definitely shouldn’t have tied us to a FPTP voting style. Even the electoral college and the 270 vote requirements force us into a two party system.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoYup, as was said earlier, it was known that the system would have to be overthrown over time as it became bloated and corrupt. “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” - Thomas Jefferson
George Washington was against political parties for the exact reason our country is being torn apart by partisan politics today.
Sounds like he should have put stronger protections in place, and definitely shouldn’t have tied us to a FPTP voting style. Even the electoral college and the 270 vote requirements force us into a two party system.
Yup, as was said earlier, it was known that the system would have to be overthrown over time as it became bloated and corrupt.
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
- Thomas Jefferson