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> neither party is progressive And I'd say neither party is truly conservative, otherwise we wouldn't be seeing this absolute shambles from an ostensibly "law

> neither party is progressive And I'd say neither party is truly conservative, otherwise we wouldn't be seeing this absolute shambles from an ostensibly "law and order" President. Nothing is being conserved. Nobody has taken away gay marriage, abortion, legal weed, etc. Nobody sent in the Army to destroy CHAZ. The reality is that in the American system the President is not very powerful, and the permanent bureaucracy and moneyed interests have a lot more control over policy than one might thing at first glance.

joshuamorton 6y ago
> And I'd say neither party is truly conservative, otherwise we wouldn't be seeing this absolute shambles from an ostensibly An incompetent conservative is still conservative. And the trump admin did try to erode many of these things: protections for gay and transgender workers[0], abortion[1], etc. That reversing supreme court decisions (which most of these were based on) is exceedingly difficult worked against his goals, but denying that he tried is ignorant. [0]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/12/trump-transgender-protections https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/06/12/trump-trans... [1]: https://www.jurist.org/news/2020/01/trump-administration-urges-supreme-court-to-uphold-louisiana-abortion-law/ https://www.jurist.org/news/2020/01/trump-administration-urg...