Comment by JumpCrisscross
2 days ago
> this divide that led to the first political parties
Maybe in Britain. Parties were definitely a thing going back to Roman politics.
2 days ago
> this divide that led to the first political parties
Maybe in Britain. Parties were definitely a thing going back to Roman politics.
No, I meant in the newborn US. The OP founding fathers reference is Hamilton and the Federalists who feared the harms of political parties, but ultimately couldn't reconcile with the anti-federalists who ultimately formed the democratic-republican party.