The Partisan Divide on Issues

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(02-03-2021, 12:06 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(02-03-2021, 11:44 AM)Einzige Wrote:

(02-03-2021, 11:36 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(02-03-2021, 08:33 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: CNN seems to have echoed an idea of a three way struggle among the remnants of the Republican Party.  There are three contenders: Trump followers, the establishment and the true conservatives.  They mention the true conservatives as the long term best choice, but likely to end the long dominance of the conservatives in the short term.

I never thought I would cheer the Patriots, but Trump's Patriots may be just the ticket to clear away some dead wood in our democracy.  If they split the GOP, make the remnants unelectable and the Dems get a supermajority, they should move decisively and quickly to enact as many changes as possible.  I doubt it will last long enough to change the Constitution, but maybe ...

This was, basically, the logic of Weimar liberals with respect to the NSDAP: "If they steal votes from the DNVP, so much the better."

There is never a guarantee of success, but playing a losing game by the same rules decade after decade is Einstein's definition of insanity.  We need to try something new. The old model is broken.

 
A Keynesian welfare capitalism is still part of the old model.