• imgonnatrythis@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      It’s just do much more obvious now. The only real values holding this shell of a “party” together are fear and hatred. Emotions >> platforms/issues in modern politics. It’s pathetic, and this complete death grip on a two party system will ultimately kill American democracy.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I’d argue that right up until the three way brawl that was Taft V Roosevelt V Wilson, the Republicans were very much the party of the people. Roosevelt split the party, and all the lefties left the party, mostly to become Communists. Then the 1950s and 1960s happened and the Republicans leap frogged over the moderate right wing Democrats to leap head long into right wing extremism.

      Admittedly that was only the first 50 or so years that the party existed.