Forming a New Nation

After reviewing such topics as the 'branches' or bias of a collection of opinions and choices available to the congress in the late 1700's and early 1800's when our country broke free from British rule and decided to start up a land and nation of their own, I've collected data and general facts about these two groups. They were called the Federalists and the Antifederalists. For example, the Federalists focused on a strong, central government, and wanted to gain revenue from the debts they had made during the Revolutionary war by taxing Alcohol and putting high tariffs on products. The Antifederalists on the other hand were against a strong central government, had the 'agrarian ideal', believed local representation was the best choice, and decided that that as farmers (which most of them were) they would vote for their own best interest, and will improve where it is most needed.

Although there was an inkling of republicanism, the 'Republican' party had yet to assemble in the way they are today. In addition, there was no 'Democratic' party either. To me, it seems that the Federalist party would advance to become mainly what is considered the Republican party these days, at least for the most part. Made up of wealthy people who want to charge high taxes for making up debt seems to be quite prevalent in today's society as well. That being said, it would be natural to call the Antifederalists the Democratic party. They're generally more peoples' choice based, which also seems to be a general thought process of today's society, with the people as the main focus.

Personally, I've chosen not to join a political party, unless you'd like to group Independents together. I have yet to find the sense in voting for someone because they're on the same 'side' as you. Was it like this as well in the past as it is now in the present? Will it be like this in the future? I believe we should take everyone at face value, let them present their issues of concern and concentration, and evaluate from there. These prejudices have built walls around our society, and I'm nearly positive they would have back then as well. There's my five cents.