Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square108linkfedilinkarrow-up1583arrow-down117
arrow-up1566arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square108linkfedilink
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·edit-21 day 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-up1·21 hours 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.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoNo, I just mean the traditional sense of “they understood it and thought about it enough to form an opinion on what might happen.” Most people disagreed with Washington, but they still took it into account.
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.
No, I just mean the traditional sense of “they understood it and thought about it enough to form an opinion on what might happen.”
Most people disagreed with Washington, but they still took it into account.