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THE DEMOCRATS &

REPUBLICANS Whose side are you really on? For years Americans have been taught to fight for the political party that fits the needs of citizens at best. We have also been brainwashed to believe that one party is better than another or have separate agendas. When the truth is, both parties are fighting for one Republic, and that is the Republic of the United States of America.

Now we all know politics are long and drawn out but lets breeze back through history and touch the most important facts. A long time ago, according to Jean Jacques Dessalines, Haiti soldiers “Avenged America” and secured Haiti’s independence from France in 1804 establishing the Haitian Declaration of Independence. After that the Black Republic and Black Law stunned both black and white people in America and inspired black people in the western hemisphere to strive for black freedom. This also inspired our forefathers in their creation of the Republic we live in today.

Now, let us fast forward to 1828 when the first Democratic-Republican party of the United States was born. Now we are all familiar with our forefathers of this great nation, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and John Adams also known as The Federalists. These men wanted to make sure the U.S had a strong government and central banking system with a national bank but their friends Thomas Jefferson and James Madison instead advocated for a smaller and more decentralized government, and from there they formed the Democratic-Republicans. Eventually shade began to arise when the presidential election of 1824 happened.

During the election of 1824 John Quincy Adams won the presidency, in spite of Andrew Jackson winning the popular vote (Doesn’t this sound familiar?). Well anyway this sparked a strong political division within the party, which eventually caused the Democatic-Republic party to split into separate parties; The Democrats and the Whig Party. See, John Quincy Adams represented the democrats and was against building the banking system. He believed in largely supporting state’s rights and minimal government regulation while his counterparts, George, Alex and John were all for building a banking system in support of their idea of a national bank. Clearly these men had different perspectives on how to run the country.

Abraham Lincoln eventually came in the picture and shook things up. His push of anti-slavery awakened many minds which led democrats and whig members and other politicians to migrate into the Republican party which was based upon an anti-slavery platform. The new republican party was surely thriving until the Great depression hit.

Many are not aware that there were 150 members of the republican party and a majority of the members were black. In fact it was promoted through propaganda that the democratic party was for whites only while the republicans were represented in negative illustrations of black figures on campaign posters. Democrats actually threatened many black republicans to switch political sides due to the progress the republican experienced in a society that was majority black and had influence on the nation.

Now that we know the background of these two ideal establishments it should be clear that ultimately these two parties are on the same team but presented to the people as separate. The only difference between these two entities are their personal beliefs of how a nation should be conducted in their favor. These two parties have one agenda in the end and that is supplying their financial needs as the wealthy 1% and operators of the law of the land and protecting the republic of their government at all cost. We also have seen this with John Quincy Adams and Donald Trump, winning the election despite the popular vote.

This leads us back to the question of who represents the people? Are our leaders just playing political games to suit the people of the nation or just the nation itself? Since before the establishment of this nation in 1828 our black ancestors have been fighting for freedom yet set in a trap from birth which dwindles each generation down more and more through time. It is time to figure out how to create a system of our own just as the forefathers of the great American nation. It is time to create a system we the people can operate that satisfies the needs of our future generations, innovations and thought progression.