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[–] 0 points 4 months ago* (9 children)

The right revolt all the time, maga, the libertarian movement, and the tea party all sent the politicians falling over eachother to try to be what they thought the base wanted.

Republicans fear their voters, democrats despise their voters.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Lol republicans fear their own terrorist, fascist actions.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    Probably. But I attribute it to there being less ideological dissonance between the republicans donors and voters and democrats donors and voters.

    Republicans can tell their base they're going to hurt everybody to make the rich richer and they'll accept it if they blame oppressed people and foreigners. Democrats have to lie to their base and come up with excuses for why they are hurting everyone to make the rich richer.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Republicans fear their voters

    Not anymore. After the tea party shenanigans, Republicans realized it was easier to use mass media to program people on what to hate, and keep them distracted.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    They were all backed by billionaires like the Koch brothers. They don't make their own judgments. They believe what they are told by those they trust.

    Leftists are like cats. Try getting them to move as a group, I dare you. This is the core of the problem. Ironically individualist intellectualism breeds weakness by discouraging team work.

    They tend to be willing to die on their individual hills rather than build coalitions that require compromising their values.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago

    It's more like the actual leftists don't really vote, so the democrats don't cater to them. The corporate wing of the party actively tries to push them out.
    If the leftists got organized and started voting out dems in the primary these people would change their tune.

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