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The Republican Party has been becoming more of a populist party. I wouldn’t be surprised if they start backing such policies or universal income as we deal with
by cebert 3y ago
The Republican Party has been becoming more of a populist party. I wouldn’t be surprised if they start backing such policies or universal income as we deal with several societal and economic changes.
- dcre 3y agoI would be surprised!
- outside1234 3y ago… but only for folks who “deserve it” (aka white)
- mlinhares 3y agoPopulism is mostly separating people in two groups, "the people" and "the elites" and saying you're from "the people". You don't actually have to do anything for the people, just convince them you're with them (hence all the populists winning elections out there, like Trump). Odds Republicans would ever do something like this with the current party are nil, a large part of republican donors are big businesses that would never back anything that empowers workers.
- cudgy 3y agoOdds Democrats would ever do something like this are slim too. Democrats receive more money from Wall Street than Republicans now https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/902626429/wall-streets-big-money-is-betting-on-biden-and-democrats-in-2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/902626429/wall-streets-big-mo... Till we all realize that both parties are the problem and stop calling the party we don’t support the boogey man, we will be stuck in this hamster wheel of absurdity.
- mlinhares 3y agoThey take a lot of money from unions as well so I'd say while the odds are low it's more likely to happen with Ds.