I'm not sure that they put a lot of thought into the concept of political parties back then. To a large extent, modern democratic systems have been designed as

I'm not sure that they put a lot of thought into the concept of political parties back then. To a large extent, modern democratic systems have been designed as a mechanism for free men to make collective decisions based upon their individual knowledge and conscience. Political parties are just another application which happens to run well on top of the same OS.