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> The only true solution is compassion and outreach. It's way too late for that. The battle lines have been drawn by the right and the rules of engagement have
by lj3 9y ago
> The only true solution is compassion and outreach.
It's way too late for that. The battle lines have been drawn by the right and the rules of engagement have been set by the left. The country will continue to fracture until one side wins or cries uncle. I can tell you this much, the right are not going to be the ones to cry uncle. The left continues to back them father into the corner. They have no other options left.
- toomuchtodo 9y ago> The left continues to back them father into the corner. They have no other options left. I'm unsure how this is the case based on both houses in Congress and the presidency controlled by Republicans. Democrats control a few states and major metros, but that's it. The left is who is cornered at the moment. And it will only get worse if establishment Democrats don't recognize the serious damage they've done to their party and step aside for populists (like Bernie Sanders and others who pass his litmus test); given no other option, those who are desperate in the US will continue to vote for whomever offers them a lifeline, regardless of the chance that lifeline is legitimate.
- hncens0rship 9y agoThe left controls universities, the media at large [news/ent], and leadership in some major tech companies. The government isn't the only powerful entity in America.
- ams6110 9y agoThe Republicans in congress aren't doing anything with that control though. For example they backpedaled on their Obamacare repeal promises when they had a chance to actually do it. They are more and more looked upon as part of "the swamp" or "establishment" and not really seen as conservatives, with a few exceptions.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoI agree with you that they're wasting the power that they have, but they do indeed have the power at the moment. The problem with attempting to repeal the ACA is that it leaves enough Republicans vulnerable in midterms that they don't dare repeal it, hence the inability to get the votes necessary. Don't confuse ideology with self-preservation.
- posguy 9y agoThe Democratic Party establishment would rather have prime seats on the titanic than let Bernie Sanders or Tulsi Gabbard lead the party forward.
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- jxramos 9y agoin Victor Davis Hanson's words they've been reduced to a "municipal party". Pretty evocative phrase.
- dmode 9y agoNot being able to be openly hostile to minorities and other disadvantaged groups is now considered "backed into a corner". Edit: Thanks for the down votes. But let's consider how ridiculous this notion of the right being "backed into a corner" is. Let's look at facts 1. Most politicians at the state and local level are white and right wing 2. Most business leaders are white and many of them are right leaning 3. Votes have been systematically stolen from left leaning parts of the country via gerrymandering and voter restrictions 4. Rural and white parts of the US are overwhelmingly over represented in the US government via Electoral college, Senate, and state representation 5. Over the last 20 years in two separate occasions the left had the won the popular vote but didn't get the Presidency. In conclusion - LITERALLY ALL INSTITUTIONAL POWER STRUCTURE IN THE US is owned by the right. But somehow they are backed into a corner.
- norea-armozel 9y agoUnless the GOP is willing and ready to fund right wing militias to be their official paramilitaries this is not going to get much further. The fact Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio have explicitly called out the far right groups means this push for some kind of Civil War 2 is dead. Unless you get Tea Party heads to side with you on this it's going to be a one sided conflicted where the FBI and ATF do another house cleaning of the militias and other far right groups. Even the GOP remembers the OKC bombing, so they're not going to let that happen again because it would completely show them as a paper tiger.