[ SECRET POST #2477 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2477 ⌋

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Re: Da fuq is going on with the US Government

[saku]

here's the thing w the republican party, in order for it to survive it's had to revert to really super-conservative stances. the party is focused primarily on keeping its extreme conservative demographic and appealing to them for votes, namely bc some of those votes would otherwise go to libertarian campaigners. with the super-conservatives holding most of the power within the party, and with the basic demographic within the party being older white men who are more prone to holding old-timey positions on political issues, they've more or less pushed moderate republicans away; some have gone to the democratic party, some to the libertarian/green parties or whatever, and a lot have gone independent. the republican party focuses more on conservatism than what it used to, so liberal or moderate republicans no longer really "belong." but that's the party's loss because they've ostracised much of their former voting pool.

most conservatives - and republicans in general - are staunch capitalists. they are already unwilling to cooperate with president obama, a black man with a funny sounding name, so when they pick apart the president's plans or ideas, they shrug off most of it and opt to focus on things they can easily misconstrue, or things that seem to be a threat to capitalism. republicans favour letting businesses make their own rules. with obamacare, the government gains more reach in distributing health care coverage, something republicans don't like (nor libertarians; keep in mind that, in addition to maintaining business rights, republicans and libertarians want as little government involvement as possible). not only that but it interferes with business power. so even though obamacare is seen by most americans as a good step, many republicans are looking past this and basically saying, "what about the businesses???" they would rather shut down the government than give poor people a health care option, all because of a principle that they're making sweeping generalisations of.

with this shutdown, we're all kind of hoping these are the republican party's beginning death throes. they've shown us, more clearly here than ever, that they care more for the polarity of their ideals than for the welfare of the american people. in this case, they're showing us that, to them, business rights and separation from federal interference is something that should happen all the time, 24/7, even if the federal government's involvement would be better for the country as a whole. they don't care about what's better anymore. they care about maintaining the notions of business rights, no matter the cost. overall it means they're missing the entire fucking point of being representatives, and the entire point of keeping the country's best interests at the foremost of their agenda.

Re: Da fuq is going on with the US Government

[(Anonymous)]

http://grist.org/politics/asymmetrical-polarization-the-lefts-gone-left-but-the-rights-gone-nuts/