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Parties Undercut Founders' Design
- The framers didn't foresee entrenched parties, so modern partisan capture weakens the founders' ambition-counteracting design.
- Richardson notes historical moments where power moved unpredictably, altering institutional balances.
Generational Shifts Can Remake Parties
- Popular movements can rapidly reshape party coalitions and national politics across generations.
- Richardson compares today's flux to the 1890s and early 1900s where new leaders remade the GOP and Democratic coalitions.
Use Public Protest To Build Urgency
- Protest and visible civic engagement mobilize people and draw attention to abuses that previously felt distant.
- Richardson argues protests create urgency by showing government actions affect everyday life.