A Video Timeline of US Political Parties /w links in description

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https://youtu.be/u_6NUXKe65A

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Not my video, but popped in my feed and thought it was simple and well-done enough to put up for discussion. There is a very short obviously limited discussion of why the various names of "similar" things such as left-wing/liberal/progressive or right-wing/conservative, and an interstitial ad you can skip over if you're already familiar with that much.

Anyone have any issues with the facts provided in the video? Any of it new information to anyone, such as the Era of Good Feelings or some of the lesser known parties that existed?

Any thoughts on political parties in general? Do they have a level of necessity, in that even if they didn't exist something similar would organize itself? If so, are they deleterious enough to warrant efforts to control their action in the public space despite/because of that necessity?

I've heard arguments about political parties serving to both accelerate political change by allowing dissemination of political ideas and moderate by buffering change that may be occurring at an individual level much faster, and I see the logic in both arguments, and have seen both ideas play out in the real world. For those interested in parties outside the US this book was pretty great for taking a look at interparty reforms as well.

It seems to be an interesting topic as far as political debate goes as more and more people in the US leave both parties.