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Why did the founding fathers create a government with 3 parts that had equal power?
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∙ 12y ago
There is a very mathematical reason, actually: They had high hopes of arriving at a system that would be better than the British monarchy and thought that 3, being a Prime number, would also be a lucky number for preventing abuse of power. Many would argue that this did not turn out to be so lucky, after all, as the abuse still goes on.
Three was the number recommended in the very influential Federalist Papers. Be grateful that they did not choose 17, which also is a prime number and considered very, very lucky! (Obviously, they wouldn't have chosen 13.) Seventeen equal branches would have prevented the government from doing anything at all, which would certainly stop the abuse, but which would have disadvantages of its own. It is certainly hard enough to make government work, with three branches. (You should look up the word 'gridlock'.)
Now, Britain already had a parliamentary system, which still works very nicely, most of the time; but the Founding Fathers, trying to fill the void produced by dismissing Westminster with such haste, were anxious to try something new and different.
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