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DevonRex

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14. Yet, they absolutely ensured it would come to pass. Gee, I wonder why.
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 08:32 PM
Mar 2013

Some people pretend that the Founding Fathers weren't landowners. Our version of the aristocracy. Slave owners for the most part as well. The elite. In the beginning, you even had to be a property owner in order to vote. Get a clue people.

Sure, in the beginning they were protecting landowners' interests and now it's corporate interests. But make no mistake: those Founding Fathers were protecting their self interests as the elite and wrapped it up in lofty language. Just like our politicians do today.

In refusing to incorporate parties In Forming A Government, they ensured 2 major parties that were and ARE beyond the control of government. And private money controls those 2 major parties, doesn't it? Those 2 major parties run the country and the word "party" never appears once in the constitution. Funny, though, that the parliamentary rules by which Congress conducts business all revolve around 2 parties, isn't it?

You'll only get this when you realize that Britain has a more representative government than we do because they can form a government by coalition, not winner-take-all.

K&R... midnight Mar 2013 #1
K&R newfie11 Mar 2013 #2
They disliked parties in general BainsBane Mar 2013 #3
Radical idea... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #5
Frank Rich Nailed It Tonight colsohlibgal Mar 2013 #4
K&R DeSwiss Mar 2013 #6
However, what they wanted was a one-party system. caseymoz Mar 2013 #7
Ours was the alpha, a prototype, and they knew that. They never intended it to Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #9
Benjamin Franklin compared it to a two-headed snake slithering towards water. raouldukelives Mar 2013 #8
I'm not sure things would be different without political parties magellan Mar 2013 #10
TJ green for victory Mar 2013 #11
A HUGE K & R Le Taz Hot Mar 2013 #12
Our country's two-party system is not official. MineralMan Mar 2013 #13
Yet, they absolutely ensured it would come to pass. Gee, I wonder why. DevonRex Mar 2013 #14
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