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0 pointsfweespeech10y ago0 comments

They existed as social cliques before they became official entities and were just as problematic at that point. Political parties didn't really become a bipolar construct we have today until ~1791.

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coldtea10y ago· 1 in thread

Well, I think they've reached a level of depravity and institutionalization since that that was unknown in 1791.

fweespeechOP10y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts

Eh....not really. The problem these days is a disconnect from reality.

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