08-02-2016, 02:58 PM
(05-19-2016, 09:41 AM)Mikebert Wrote: That is, the Republicans would more or less become old-style Democrats, the party of Jackson, Jefferson and FDR. The Democrats would become old-style Republican/Whig/Federalist, the party of Lincoln, Hamilton and T. Roosevelt.
Note I don’t want this to happen, but it seems a lot easier since we are pretty close to that now.
The Republican party is transforming into the party of labor as we speak. You can pretty much watch it in real time as the Establishment Republicans keep talking about how they are leaving the party/voting for Clinton/in denial about economic reality.
It's fun to watch. You might as well enjoy watching it, since you can't unring the bell.
The Republican party is the more democratic party, hence Trump.
The Democratic party is more controlled by the political elites, which means that labor is not going to take it over. The salaried professionals who make up the Democratic party elite think labor is some sort of combination of sad/icky because they are paid by the hour to do non-awesome things.
The future always casts a shadow on the present.