Legitimacy Crisis of US Politics Looms

Rising Independent Voter Numbers Are Fire Bell in the Night.

Jan 14, 2024

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A historical painting depicting George Washington in the late 18th century, sitting at a wooden desk in his study, illuminated by candlelight. He is thoughtfully writing his Farewell Address with a quill pen, surrounded by books and parchment. Washington is dressed in period-appropriate clothing, a blue coat with brass buttons, and a white ruffled shirt. The room reflects colonial American decor, with a large window showing a glimpse of the evening sky and a countryside landscape. The mood is contemplative and solemn, highlighting the gravity of the moment.

However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted th…

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