• AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, I honestly think it goes back to when Republicans decided to specifically court evangelical Christians. As part of that, they painted liberals as not just wrong, but evil. You can negotiate and compromise with someone you think is wrong, but not someone you think is evil. That was the beginning of our politics becoming excessively polarized, in my opinion.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, that’s true. It was both the biggest blunder and most optimal strategy that they ever played. It worked out “tremendously” to quote a former president’s favorite words, in the short term. But now their monster is coming out alive. No one expected them to win seats, it was astroturfing afterall… but now here we are.

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        Well, it worked tremendously for decades. They got middle America and the south to vote for conservative politicians to stop liberals from murdering babies and implementing communism or socialism. Meanwhile, those politicians voted in tax cuts for the rich and reduced corporate oversight, which was the real goal. Wonder why average worker salaries have gone up around 14% since the late 70s whole CEO salaries have gone up 1200% in the same period? It goes back to this.