the more stagnant the economy and culture, the more stuck in a zero-sum mindset the typical voter, the easier it is for conservatives to win political victories
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I used to work in higher education and I have said for years - defunding education at every possible opportunity has been a long-game strategy by conservatives, employed specifically to create a “low information” electorate. Because an ignorant electorate is an easily manipulated electorate.
Yup! The Nastier, more Brutish, and Short life gets, the more under-threat ppl feel, the more conservative they'll get. So Republicans want to make life Nasty, Brutish, and Short. And of course it also plays into their Hierarchical ideology and medieval fetishism.
This is why we really need an alternative out in the public.
Someone should already be running for president with a “Project2025” alternative to clean up politics, simplify spending, solve immigration once and for all, and create fair taxation policy.
A sicker, more impoverished populous will die off earlier and allow the wealthy tax cuts as SS doesn’t have to pay out. This is a goal. Republicans are a death cult.
I also think another “deliverable” is a compliant, deep in debt workforce that is ’Slavery-lite’ who has no choice but to work for low wages and smile at the boss. They don’t have to be smart - just obedient.
When your politics isn't based on solving problems but on telling people who's to blame for their sh*t life... it's actually fine to make their lives worse
A fundamental GOP/Dem split is that GOP follows the above, while Dems believe improving people's lives (or being seen trying to) is how you win
I know it’s cliched at this point, but I really can’t stop thinking of 1930s Germany. In this case, when Einstein, Szilard, Teller, von Neumann, et all fled to the US.
and this (kind of) works on a state level because the productive capacity goes to blue states and then the federal government, which kicks some back to the red states. can't do it to the whole country!
If you don’t believe this, ask yourself why only the majority of blue districts and counties in red states have the booming economy, diversity, hospitals, art and and education while the red areas immediately around it flounder in everything.
Exactly. Just look at the deep red south, where all standard of living metrics are the lowest, and where huge majorities would never dream of voting out the wingers who keep them stuck in the mud.
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That is just what Republicans do.
What Democrats should stop doing is bailing them out.
Someone should already be running for president with a “Project2025” alternative to clean up politics, simplify spending, solve immigration once and for all, and create fair taxation policy.
Give people something to strive for.
Even the economy returns to crab.
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A fundamental GOP/Dem split is that GOP follows the above, while Dems believe improving people's lives (or being seen trying to) is how you win