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That already happened in the 80's. ;)
by baggachipz 3y ago
That already happened in the 80's. ;)
- lisper 3y agoAnd again in 2016.
- rythmshifter 3y agoCould you explain this further?
- Macha 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Party_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Party_System
- jfengel 3y agoI had not seen this terminology before. Thank you.
- baggachipz 3y agoI was specifically thinking of the "Moral Majority" movement, Reagan doctrine, and "trickle-down economics." It was a sea change in the party and set their direction until 2016. We're still seeing the fallout from it to this day, with consolidation of wealth, pandering to extreme religious conservatives, and endless military engagements to police the globe.
- fsagx 3y agoIt seems a plausible argument that the same happened to the Democrats beginning Bill Clinton in the 90's. Obama out-fundraised from Wall Street both his Republican opponents. Also, with their lock up on big-tech (Musk aside), and their tepid or purely rhetorical support for unions, the Democrats are the big business party.
- NoGravitas 3y agoBoth the Democrats and Republicans are big business parties; they represent different factions of big business. Democrats represent finance, entertainment, and big-tech (which is, honestly, mostly finance); Republicans represent mainly manufacturing and extractive industries.