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While i'm not well versed in politics and democracies around the world, i have seen a common person protest against the government, get over whelming public sup
by parthdesai 8y ago
While i'm not well versed in politics and democracies around the world, i have seen a common person protest against the government, get over whelming public support, start his own party and go on to become the chief minister of Delhi all within a span of 5-7 years. I know for sure that isn't possible in the US.
- rayiner 8y agoBill Clinton was a common person. While he didn't start his own political party, he radically changed the Democratic party into a more conservative form, and got himself elected President.
- throwaway123156 8y agoWas Bill Clinton appreciably more conservative than Jimmy Carter, the last Dem President before Clinton?
- rayiner 8y agoVery much so. Clinton trimmed the welfare rolls, cut the number of federal employees, deregulated finance, deregulated telecom (though Carter was also a major deregulator, having deregulated airlines, trucking, and beer), signed NAFTA, signed DADT, signed DOMA, signed RFRA, passed aggressive violent crime legislation, etc.