A simple question. Did they always have some vested interests in working together yet appear as red vs blue or were they separate then slowly coalesse over the years into becoming a unified deep state?
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Post-Civil War and entering the Imperial expansion of the US territories is really where things get set in motion. Concept of States rights crushed, the federal government amassing more power and control after the turn of the century. Looking outward by getting involved in other nations distorts central governments to become more uniform rather than internal interests.
But it becomes more apparent after World War II and obvious once the 60s and 70s kick in.