Political dynasties were never a part of our founding fathers vision. Good people giving up their time to go to Washington and then, a few years later, returning to their regular lives was the intention.
Trump was the best president in history. But given the reality of communist control aren’t we supporting rose colored glasses?
“Political dynasties were never a part of our founding fathers vision.”
You’re correct but they WERE expected, especially by say, John Adams.
In Massachusetts there were the Cabots and the Lodges (and then the Cabot Lodges), the Quincys, the Saltonstalls, the Kennedys and the Adamses.
Virginia had the Lees. New York had the Livingstons, the Clintons (George and DeWitt, not Bill and Hillary), and the Cuomos. Ohio had the Tafts. And there were smaller local families.
Aristocracy was anticipated and provided for. But democracies don’t last long in America, a few generations tops. We don’t have lords and baronies. The people tire of the same names running for office.
“But democracies don’t last long in America”
Meant to type “but aristocracies don’t last long in Anerica”