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The belief that the political party that is causing all of the problems is going to be irrefutably exposed for their dishonesty, or reach enlightenment, cease opposition to progress, and then all will be good, are delusions derived from the accurate aspects of the three-part government model, but nullified by the unidentified adverse, or otherwise, inadequate aspects. It is a complex mess, and ultimately, none of the subsisting political parties are prepared to be the benevolent oligarchy to guide us to the American Dream and prove that the system, designed over two hundred years ago, and then readjusted by a couple of amendments here and there, finally works correctly, because it is finally going to be run by the virtuous guys is an entirely irrational expectation.
The American deployment of the Three-part Separation Theory, obviously, yields a contest to control the three branches with “politically” aligned people, and parties are the teams contesting to populate the system of checks and balances. But how can that simple game plan be the correct expectation of the system, if the whole idea of separate branches is to yield some kind of a contest among the branches?
For at least one of the Founders, James Madison, the American Experiment with the angelical “make-your-own-rules,” two-level, bicameral legislative system was doing what we are anticipating to happen; political parties were being (formed and) abandoned in the early stages of the federal government. Seemingly, the system of state and federal legislatures was filtering out the flawed alliances, and therefore, apparently approaching whatever it is a good political system is supposed to be. As we know, that cannot be what happened, because here we are, endowed with a two-year cycle of new and improved dirty tricks, fear-mongering, congressional investigations, and October surprises, in the never-ending battle to change Washington, drain the swamp, and secure domestic tranquility for we, the all-grateful and anxious people.
The American deployment of the Three-part Separation Theory, obviously, yields a contest to control the three branches with “politically” aligned people, and parties are the teams contesting to populate the system of checks and balances. But how can that simple game plan be the correct expectation of the system, if the whole idea of separate branches is to yield some kind of a contest among the branches?
For at least one of the Founders, James Madison, the American Experiment with the angelical “make-your-own-rules,” two-level, bicameral legislative system was doing what we are anticipating to happen; political parties were being (formed and) abandoned in the early stages of the federal government. Seemingly, the system of state and federal legislatures was filtering out the flawed alliances, and therefore, apparently approaching whatever it is a good political system is supposed to be. As we know, that cannot be what happened, because here we are, endowed with a two-year cycle of new and improved dirty tricks, fear-mongering, congressional investigations, and October surprises, in the never-ending battle to change Washington, drain the swamp, and secure domestic tranquility for we, the all-grateful and anxious people.
