Once upon a time, Abraham Lincoln said "the man before the dollar": > The democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in con

Once upon a time, Abraham Lincoln said "the man before the dollar": > The democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another man's right of property. Republicans, on the contrary, are for both the man and the dollar; but in cases of conflict, the man before the dollar. https://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/pierce.htm#:~:text=The%20democracy%20of,two%20drunken%20men%2e https://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/pierce... (which also goes to show just how labile platforms can be under a no-more-than-2-party regime)