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Bold of them to write such horseshit about Republicans not moving right while ice squads dressed like thugs shoot people in the street, abduct anyone who looks vaguely less white and puts them in detention or deports them with no legal process.
But no, start your study conveniently at the end of the Reagan/Gingritch era and then do tell me why this is all Obama’s fault because (checks notes) Republicans didn’t used to be this implacably opposed to abortion and (checks notes again) both parties moved on racism and healthcare. Yes, I see why the poor rural conservatives felt “left behind” by radicalised perspectives like “not all black people deserve to be treated like slaves” and “let’s have some sort of subsidy for privatised healthcare”.
There’s a special sort of dumb that some clever people have where they refuse to see reality.
This study is a croc of shit. Its conclusions don’t even match the content they chose to summarise.
I looked at the real paper (linked in the article) and I am interpreting it a bit different. What I’m seeing is that the ‘right’ didnt move much further to the right because they’ve always supported racist, patriarchal fascism - they just have the means to actually do it now rather than just think about it and make incremental moves toward it. The movement towards the left coincides pretty well with smartphones + high speed internet, which allowed many people to see the rest of the world in real-time for the first time. This more ‘global conciousness’ can shift attitudes to the left because it peers through the veil of US propaganda. These are just my first interpretations though - I could be wrong. I try to give the benefit of the doubt to those who do the work to write peer reviewed papers (i don’t give a shit about the website article though).
Historic economic crises tend to do that.
Neoliberalism collapsed with the financial crisis. It was fully exposed as a failed ideology. But, nearly two decades later, there still isn’t a consensus on what should replace it. There are plenty of ideas, but no consensus. The division will continue until a consensus emerges.
GEE WHY IS THAT I WONDER
American politics has become more conservative, or reactionary, over this period. The actual American left never really changed.
Thanks, Obama…
I just hate how there’s 400 terms for the same thing. You’re either Democrat or Republican or a neutral whatever. That’s it man. Don’t need to say your a Forgotten waffle conservatory westerner
Some terms are important to clarify. Like most Democrats are either Neoliberals or Neocons. If you don’t know the difference between classical liberalism and it’s modern forms a party like the Democrats might not make any sense
The reason the Democrats even have any value is progressives who strive to improve things through evidence, intervention, and evaluation. Unfortunately they do not control the party and are a minority compared to the Neoliberals and Neocons.
My biggest issue is that there are really only 2 parties, I get what you mean about the 400 terms, but in my experience, most of them are slightly different too the point that a separate term is justified. That being said I wouldn’t mind some standardization since sometimes the terms were made in a context that makes them mean the exact opposite to what the average person interprets it as.
