• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    5 个月前

    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.

    • drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 个月前

      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.

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        5 个月前

        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.

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        5 个月前

        He said loyalty to your country should come before loyalty to a political party. His line of thought was that people should not allow political parties to dictate what they believe or vote for.