Another of the benefits claimed by the founders for having a republic over a democracy is that republics are supposed to be free of factions. That is that partisan bickering that we see in US politics should not be happening.
Boy, were they WRONG on that one with the partisan bullshit beginning long before the ink dried on the Constitution (or they even began debating the thing).
So, this is further evidence that the founders had no fucking idea what they were doing and had basically buried themselves. That means the US has been in constitutional crisis from at least the first Continental Congress.
No wonder the place is a mess.
See also:
The Founding Fathers on Party Strife (Quotes)
The Founding Fathers & Political Parties
The Origins of Today's Bitter Partisanship: The Founding Fathers
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