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Explanation:
In the early years of our republic, there was no shortage of Founders warning us against what they referred to as “factions” and “party spirit.” They feared that factional allegiance would lead to a partisanship that would place a party’s interests above the best interests of the country. You don’t say!
They were abundantly savvy and quite prescient about our natural instincts toward tribalism.
“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.”
That was John Adams in 1780.
The “greatest political evil” is pretty harsh indeed. And that’s exactly what happened, right? This Horrible Election of 2016 is a clear-cut example of how bad it can get.
