Robert Reich articulated something that has been bouncing around my head since 2016

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[–] 20 points 2 years ago (7 children)

That party was over back in 2010 when they invited tea party in

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    nah. its been a steady decline. reagan to newt to bush jr to mcconel to trump. every time I can't think there is any lower to sink it just gets worse.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don't know. I think there was some gas thrown on the fire with the Tea Party horseshit. Electing a black two-term President really seemed to have brought the crazy to a boiling point.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    My theory is that the tea party didn’t have much do with a black president. It was around that time that social media really took off, and we saw the start of what is now a constant and organised firehose of conservative bullshit spread across it. And there’s an audience receptive to that bullshit.

    The Republican Party is now under the control of people who have been immersed in that environment. And it’s only going to get worse.

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