Actually, you need one more stop in the history book...
Remember the Federalists and the anti-Federalists who together wrote all of our founding documents?
They became the two parties we have today... They were opposing factions then and less opposing factions today...
Why don’t people research before they claim expertise any more?
Gee, it just breaks my heart that I am not as wise, enlightened and educated as you are. And so humble, too - you must be very proud of that!