Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoIf what they taught us about checks and balances was a lie maybe what they taught us about civil disobedience was a lie too.message-squaremessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIf what they taught us about checks and balances was a lie maybe what they taught us about civil disobedience was a lie too.Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square61linkfedilink
minus-squaretheunknownmuncher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·26 days agoI was taught that the founding fathers’ did not take into account a two-party political system when they designed the system of checks and balances.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·26 days agoThey did take it into account and George Washington himself said it was a terrible idea because it would lead to exactly where we are now.
minus-squaredrosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoIf by “take it into account” you mean they said “political parties sure are bad” then not implement anything into the system to discourage their formation, then proceed to form political parties themselves a decade or so later, then sure.
I was taught that the founding fathers’ did not take into account a two-party political system when they designed the system of checks and balances.
They did take it into account and George Washington himself said it was a terrible idea because it would lead to exactly where we are now.
If by “take it into account” you mean they said “political parties sure are bad” then not implement anything into the system to discourage their formation, then proceed to form political parties themselves a decade or so later, then sure.