Blocking promotions of critical military roles over an unrelated social issue. Really. Why are there so many examples of how today's Republicans would rather burn the country to the ground than concede anything to representatives for roughly the half of the population..
I think that there are a lot of Republicans right now who only care about not getting a primary challenger and it's a race to the "pure" right.
Tuberville beat incumbent Doug Jones with just over 60% of the vote. He isn't concerned about a Democrat beating him but a more extreme Republican could beat him in a primary.
Once upon a time, it seemed like being an advocate for their constituents and a competent administrator of the country as a whole got politicians reelected. Maybe I have rose-tinted history glasses tho..
There's always been mud slinging and dirty politics. You can learn more about American mudslinging here. WWII changed American politics a lot. We had just come through the depression and the war and now America was a superpower. A lot of the politicians were veterans who respected each other because many of them served in some capacity. They also had a common enemy in the USSR. That spirit of comity has been steadily eroding and without an external enemy I think too many Americans see their political opposition as the enemy now.
We do still have external enemies, the only difference is that they go beyond simply having nukes trained at us, now they fund our political campaigns too.
Very true. I think the perception was different during the cold war though.
Well. Yeah, during the Cold War the other side was a bunch of godless Communists.
Now the other side is a hyper-capitalist oligarchy, and a good chunk of our politicians openly embrace that. The Republican party is just a bunch of Oligarchs-in-training.
They want these positions open so they can be filled with extremists who will go along with the next coup.
The social issue is just a cover.
The GOP platform is effectively to make sure nothing operates so that they can point at the government they constantly fuck up and say "look! Government doesn't work."
Because they want to burn down the country. Simple as that.
They believe thier job is too prevent the government from working. And that's probably why angry people keep voting them in.
Lots of people just want it to burn down that only have a highschool understanding of politics.
Blocking promotions of critical military roles over an unrelated social issue. Really. Why are there so many examples of how today's Republicans would rather burn the country to the ground than concede anything to representatives for roughly the half of the population..
I think that there are a lot of Republicans right now who only care about not getting a primary challenger and it's a race to the "pure" right.
Tuberville beat incumbent Doug Jones with just over 60% of the vote. He isn't concerned about a Democrat beating him but a more extreme Republican could beat him in a primary.
Once upon a time, it seemed like being an advocate for their constituents and a competent administrator of the country as a whole got politicians reelected. Maybe I have rose-tinted history glasses tho..
There's always been mud slinging and dirty politics. You can learn more about American mudslinging here. WWII changed American politics a lot. We had just come through the depression and the war and now America was a superpower. A lot of the politicians were veterans who respected each other because many of them served in some capacity. They also had a common enemy in the USSR. That spirit of comity has been steadily eroding and without an external enemy I think too many Americans see their political opposition as the enemy now.
We do still have external enemies, the only difference is that they go beyond simply having nukes trained at us, now they fund our political campaigns too.
Very true. I think the perception was different during the cold war though.
Well. Yeah, during the Cold War the other side was a bunch of godless Communists.
Now the other side is a hyper-capitalist oligarchy, and a good chunk of our politicians openly embrace that. The Republican party is just a bunch of Oligarchs-in-training.
They want those positions vacant so when trump wins in 2024 he can place their lackeys and have more successful coup next time.
Project 2025 is a real fear
They want these positions open so they can be filled with extremists who will go along with the next coup.
The social issue is just a cover.
The GOP platform is effectively to make sure nothing operates so that they can point at the government they constantly fuck up and say "look! Government doesn't work."
Because they want to burn down the country. Simple as that.
They believe thier job is too prevent the government from working. And that's probably why angry people keep voting them in.
Lots of people just want it to burn down that only have a highschool understanding of politics.