OK, the US political system is broken. I doubt it was ever functional from 1759 onward. Benjamin Franklin suggested a plan for unifying the thirteen colonies the Albany Congress on July 10, 1754 in Albany, New York. The Albany Plan of Union was rejected. Franklin wrote about the rejection of his proposals: "The colonial assemblies and most of the people were narrowly provincial in outlook, mutually jealous, and suspicious of any central taxing authority."
Joseph Galloway suggested a similar proposal at the First Continental Congress of 1774 but was also rejected. The Articles of Confederation were proposed at the Second Continental Congress and finally accepted in 1781! Of course, the Articles of Confederation were a failure, and its replacement is nearly as bad.
Anyway, the US has had a culture of violence and disunity from the start.
I'm sorry the founders didn't just admit they messed up.
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