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Why did the founding fathers see political factions (parties) as dangerous?

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every government has recognized political parties as an enemy and has sought to repress them because of their tendency to seek more power than other groups
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The United States Constitution is silent on the subject of political parties. The Founding Fathers did not originally intend for American politics to be partisan.

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