> The modern Republican party of small government and low taxes is long gone. A better way to think of the Republican party platform is "anti-reactionary". Thi

> The modern Republican party of small government and low taxes is long gone. A better way to think of the Republican party platform is "anti-reactionary". This descriptor makes more sense for how they seemingly jump from topic to topic. Which, credit where it is do, is probably fine in the long run in a functional political system where they can act as ballast against excesses. But as a weirdness of our time, foreign and economic policy between the two parties are pretty largely aligned so if you represent a fluid anti-reactionary platform, the only thing of value you can provide are culture war issues.