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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 01:32 AM
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George Washington thought...
... that political parties were anathema to democracy. Have political parties improved our democracy, or hurt it?

Would the United States be different today if all political parties were banned at the local, state and national levels?
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ISUGRADIA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 01:37 AM
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1. Some kind of factions in government based on philosophy/ideology
is inevitable. I can't think of a democratic government in the world today that does not have parties.
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