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Trenzalore

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4. The modern GOP has no discernible governing philosophy

Reply to ColinC (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 09:09 AM

Mar 2023

They embrace chaos.

For instance, not authorizing the debt ceiling would bankrupt many of their well-to-do donors. Yet playing chicken with Biden over it seems to be the reality we are in.

They aren't for smaller or limited government but a government that pushes the weekly crazy outrage from their echo chambers.

They are not pro-democracy domestically or abroad.

The party is really about nothing, and the democratic party has become the traditional liberals and the refugees from the GOP that see it for that and where it leads.

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Are Democrats or even "liberals" the real conservatives? [View all] ColinC Mar 2023 OP

You would think that,calling themselves conservatives, they would believe in conservation, but nooo Walleye Mar 2023 #1

Also I would think they would have some type of moral foundation ColinC Mar 2023 #2

Conservative doesn't mean in favor of conservation. TwilightZone Mar 2023 #5

Resistant to change to the extent LastDemocratInSC Mar 2023 #8

I imagine conserving the environment has been a tradition older than most ColinC Mar 2023 #10

Aye. There's nothing "conservative" about the modern right-wing radical Republican party. n/t Mister Ed Mar 2023 #3

The modern GOP has no discernible governing philosophy Trenzalore Mar 2023 #4

The usual dualisms like liberal-conservative do not explain human choices sanatanadharma Mar 2023 #6

Modern RWers are REACTIONARIES. A term that used to be pretty common. highplainsdem Mar 2023 #7

"Conservative" also includes the preservation and reverence for traditional institutions. Midnight Writer Mar 2023 #9