04-19-2018, 11:34 AM
(04-11-2018, 12:54 PM)beechnut79 Wrote:(04-09-2018, 01:38 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(04-08-2018, 11:31 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: FDR would be a Republican today. I'm surprised blues aren't calling for the removal of his monument too like their doing with Jefferson.
No, FDR would be a radical green or democratic socialist today. He would probably be to the left of Bernie Sanders. We have regressed so far backward that FDR would be on the far left today.
I have heard that Eisenhower and Jerry Ford both are to the left of most Democrats these days. Do you feel that the latter was the last moderate Republican to get anywhere?
The concept of Left and Right has so thoroughly changed over the last several decades that it's hard to use those terms to compare historical and current politicians with one another. Worse, neither party is even vaguely united. The GOP has a Trumpian-Populist wing and a Pro-business-small government wing. The Dems have a wing consisting of a disconnected coalition of mostly disadvantaged social groups, a Neo-Liberal wing and one that can be called liberal-populist. Neither party has a coherent message, with the Dems the least coherent of the two.
If the Dems win big in November, it may be a Pyrrhic victory. With politicians representing all three wings (and a few standing outside the mainstream entirely), show me how they will accomplish anything more productive than fighting amongst themselves.
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