A Republic, if you can keep it.

But… we already lost it. Here is how we can get it back.

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A Republic, if you can keep it, said the Founding Fathers. Within no time, we did not keep it. Here is how we can get it back.

The Founding Fathers did not envision a two-party system. Worse: We have to blame ourselves; we did not keep the provided Republic.

To see where we lost it, we only have to look at the Founding Fathers’ fantastic framework. Be careful though, because there is a good chance that no one will see how we ended up losing it. It was quite clever, our downfall.

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The Founding Fathers put TWO very important things in place at the same time:

• Establish a limited Federal framework that would serve a large nation well. With our going into twenty different political directions, the USA would not have lasted very long. It was super smart to limit our political freedom at that level.
• Empower the People, so no government would deny or disparage the rights of the People (Ninth Amendment). The pursuit of happiness got guaranteed.

Fast forward not even all that much into the 19th century and the two-party system is already very clearly visible. What happened? I’ll tell you.