A lot of it has to do with the merger of the Washington DC factions of D and R into a single party with few differences. They maintain kayfabe for the masses but they're on the same side, mostly.
The people in flyover country have profound differences with the DC D and R unity party. That's what this is about. The R's in DC will try to bullshit them to get them to shut up...but not if Trump continues his rampage. If he continues his takeover of the GOP all bets are off. Our only hope is that they're so stupid and incompetent the DC D&R unity party will easily outmaneuver them. This mostly happened while Trump was in office.
Observation. They agree on all the important issues, but when it comes time to represent the interests of their constituents, suddenly nothing can be done. What's the re-election rate, over 90%? “Power is not a means; it is an end. The object of power is power.”
I mean, look at fricken' Biden. How much different is he from Trump, really? And Obama was supposed to be this transformative president and all he did was transform mud huts into bloody bomb craters. Bush II the warmonger, Clinton the rapist, Bush I the CIA director, Reagan the "nuke the Soviets", Carter the hick accent peanut farmer, Nixon the criminal, LBJ the warmonger, JFK was the last one who tried to change anything and he got assassinated for it.
To me that seems like what both the 'bipartisanship' talk and the overall intransigence of the R's/fecklessness of the D's is about - make enough noise so people think you're on their side, but nothing really happens except fundraiser emails going out.
The correct take isn't that both parties are the same -- the correct take is that both parties are shitty capitalist parties, but Republicans are obviously worse. You only get to "both parties are the same" if you ignore a bunch of stuff and oversimplify a bunch more. For instance:
LBJ the warmonger, JFK was the last one who tried to change anything and he got assassinated for it.
LBJ passed the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and Medicare. There's plenty to criticize him over (and plenty to criticize about those bills), but it's nonsensical to dismiss all that as not even trying to change things.
He escalated the war in Vietnam to unprecedented levels. Congress passes bills, not the President. We have recordings of LBJ's racist rants where he laughs that he'll have those ******* voting Democrat for the next 100 years.
the correct take is that both parties are shitty capitalist parties
The correct take is that there is just one party, and kayfabe. Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper aren't foes. They both work for Vince McMahon.
A lot of it has to do with the merger of the Washington DC factions of D and R into a single party with few differences. They maintain kayfabe for the masses but they're on the same side, mostly.
The people in flyover country have profound differences with the DC D and R unity party. That's what this is about. The R's in DC will try to bullshit them to get them to shut up...but not if Trump continues his rampage. If he continues his takeover of the GOP all bets are off. Our only hope is that they're so stupid and incompetent the DC D&R unity party will easily outmaneuver them. This mostly happened while Trump was in office.
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Observation. They agree on all the important issues, but when it comes time to represent the interests of their constituents, suddenly nothing can be done. What's the re-election rate, over 90%? “Power is not a means; it is an end. The object of power is power.”
I mean, look at fricken' Biden. How much different is he from Trump, really? And Obama was supposed to be this transformative president and all he did was transform mud huts into bloody bomb craters. Bush II the warmonger, Clinton the rapist, Bush I the CIA director, Reagan the "nuke the Soviets", Carter the hick accent peanut farmer, Nixon the criminal, LBJ the warmonger, JFK was the last one who tried to change anything and he got assassinated for it.
To me that seems like what both the 'bipartisanship' talk and the overall intransigence of the R's/fecklessness of the D's is about - make enough noise so people think you're on their side, but nothing really happens except fundraiser emails going out.
The correct take isn't that both parties are the same -- the correct take is that both parties are shitty capitalist parties, but Republicans are obviously worse. You only get to "both parties are the same" if you ignore a bunch of stuff and oversimplify a bunch more. For instance:
LBJ passed the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and Medicare. There's plenty to criticize him over (and plenty to criticize about those bills), but it's nonsensical to dismiss all that as not even trying to change things.
He escalated the war in Vietnam to unprecedented levels. Congress passes bills, not the President. We have recordings of LBJ's racist rants where he laughs that he'll have those ******* voting Democrat for the next 100 years.
The correct take is that there is just one party, and kayfabe. Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper aren't foes. They both work for Vince McMahon.