Sep 10, 2026 · 49 min · 10 segments
That's what the framers would say if they popped out of a time machine and saw our politics today, argues John Opdycke. From the start, they cautioned against political parties. Forty-one percent of…
Bradley TuskHost
John OpdyckeGuest
Is it, is it better? Would we be better off having it? I- or is it just the same problems in a different way?
So get ready to roll your eyes and say, "Why did I have him on?" I say this about any reform.
So if you build a mass movement of the American people and say, "Look, we need a, we need a, a 2.0-
... let's look at different options, and let's debate and fight and do this," and we come up with proportional representation, parliamentary, get rid of...
If you say, "I, a Harvard professor, have decided that this is better, and I'm gonna imp- I'm gonna raise a bunch of money from billionaires and impose it on people,"-
Is it, is it better? Would we be better off having it? I- or is it just the same problems in a different way?
So get ready to roll your eyes and say, "Why did I have him on?" I say this about any reform.
So if you build a mass movement of the American people and say, "Look, we need a, we need a, a 2.0-
... let's look at different options, and let's debate and fight and do this," and we come up with proportional representation, parliamentary, get rid of...
If you say, "I, a Harvard professor, have decided that this is better, and I'm gonna imp- I'm gonna raise a bunch of money from billionaires and impose it on people,"-
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