2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'm curious: What is your end game with Bernie? [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)the larger liberal one and the noisier and more hostile radical one. Take a look at the sneering post on "compromise." This is the classic contempt for and refusal to compromise that is seen in both far right and the far left personalities. As far as their end games go, both leftist radicals and rightist reactionaries would rather fail than compromise, and of course usually do.
Note, the big, brief exception that was the Tea Party only succeeded for a while because it was actually thought up, organized, funded, and directed by agents of the Kochs. Of course, it initially drew a broad spectrum of types but before long the ultraconservative agenda that emerged caused moderates to fall out, leaving it to far-right extremists who had been convinced to fight fanatically for the Kochs' anti-regulation/anti-government goals. Then they turned on their masters, still cluelessly but just being themselves, and funding and other support were mostly chopped off.