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43. The Founders built the system to create wins through compromise, not domination

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 03:53 PM

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Trumps authoritarian regime is destroying the last vestiges of the original concept, though I admit it was largely destroyed by oligarchs buying up the representation in government.

Once upon a time the two sides would argue for a landing zone between two or more opposing congressional viewpoints. Things didn't usually happen as they were first proposed, but some motion toward something that could be agreed upon was very often found.

What we have now is representation that almost equally divides between the right and left. BUT we are more strongly divided into camps out to defeat the other side than at almost any time in our post civil war history.

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1929 Permanent app... Whip-poor-will Sunday #3

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Yes Timewas Sunday #5

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Yes! THIS ☝️ EXACTLY! Hey Joe Sunday #25

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I respectfully disagree. NNadir Sunday #17

without the vague 2Nd Amendment, it still stands dave99 Sunday #22

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gun ? 2nd Amendment dave99 Sunday #34

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So your response is to throw it all away? intheflow Sunday #41

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He is however, an incompetent, racist, senile, corrupt, uneducated, misogynist adjudicated rapist running a large... NNadir 23 hrs ago #58

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i have been in the vein of the thread Tetrachloride Sunday #9

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Citizens United needs to be overturned. TBF Sunday #11

need to burn a effigy of Roberts dave99 Sunday #20

Did you mean overturn Dobbs? ShazzieB Sunday #37

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yes yes yes!! TBF Sunday #47

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Thank your local Republican dave99 Sunday #19

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Congress is broken because of money dlk Sunday #28

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This may not be popular in these parts...but... -misanthroptimist Sunday #31

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