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  Why stop at three?
context: Good article.
  Conservative economics did not attract the general public, who were mostly uneducated. So the Republicans made a deal with social conservatives angry about women and blacks wanting equality.
  In general this did not affect the Republicans, women and blacks did not have power so they were supporting the status quo. However now they had more votes and gained power.
  As people became more educated they still supported conservative economics but raised their children to be less racist and sexists. However the sexists and racist continued to be less educated. 
  The educated became more and more offended as the sexists and racists took over the Republican, found that the Democratic party also has a wing for conservative economics, and moved to the Democratic party.
  The Democratic party, now being more educated, is better organized and skilled in diplomacy and compromise. They are able to pass legislation that Republicans are too disorganized and beholden to social conservatives to do.
  Thats why the ACA was passed by the Democrats. It is a conservative idea, but the Republicans are no longer the conservative party, and have not been for some time. They are a reactionary party with little education.
  The young people on here point to Sarah Palin as the down fall, but the down fall was when the Civil Rights bill passed. The Democrats lost a generation of voters, but those voters were the destruction of the Republican party. They were toxic, and should have been isolated by both parties, but the Republicans, like a wife welcoming a husband whose own family warned ger against him, have now become so abused they are afraid of kicking him out for fear of losing what little they have. >
  
  Which is why the Republicans are pulling out all the stops to curtail educating future generations. Florida is the model that all Red States will follow. Not only are they making sure that their children are ignorant and bigoted, they are actually interfering with adult education. The relatively few people that still manage to come out educated and sane, will flee the state and never return, while the knuckle draggers will make the state even Redder. Blue State taxes will continue to prop up their flailing economies, because Democrats  always bail them out. >
  
  Yes.
  The push to get men to forgo education  for the "trades" is a part of that.
  In the trades, like all other sectors, education is becoming more necessary, not less. Its no longer about just being able to swing a hammer. >
  
  I am a union tradesman and a Steward. Today you need a high school diploma, and an 8 week pre-apprenticeship program before you can apply to join up. You need a basic welding certificate at the end of your pre-apprenticeship program or you are out. Kids get kicked out of their apprenticeship if they fuck up now. And “Who’s your Daddy” doesn’t cut it anymore. If we make the big bucks, we have to act and work with union pride. Solidarity Brothers and Sisters. >
  
  With the added bonus of a lifetime’s experience being shared with those just starting out. >
  
  They are at work to learn. Every tradesman’s job is to teach apprentices on the job. 
  Get paid to learn your career/trade, it beats going into student debt. >
  
  Which is why it sucks that the impression of the trades is “uneducated”. I come from a blue collar family (almost everyone from my extended is a mechanic) so there isn’t really an impression the trades were a bad option as dad did fine for himself. But my brother was discouraged by the school system away from going into the trades and instead get a college degree. 
  My brother is not an idiot, he maintained great grades to stay on the basketball team, but college was definitely not for him without the sports motivation. He could have done great picking a trade with a decent brain but more hands on work. Instead he dropped out of college and does part time work at a gas station, it’s a job but every time I hear about shortages of people starting out in the trades… I think of the number of people like him discouraged from them. >
  
  How many people today can add 1’ 1/8” and 2’ 3/32” in their head today? A skilled tradesman can. On the job, on the fly without a calculator in their hand. Apologies to our Sisters, you are one of us. Edit: You need to know how to read a tape measure. >
  
  They are fucking full of themselves and also full of self loathing at the same time. Fuck them all. I hope this go for broke Congress keeps disemboweling themselves in front us for the next two years, and the aftermath finally convinces people that they don’t work for the common American. God fuck them. >
  
  Broken government is an explicit goal, they'll think they're winning. >
  
  That would work in our favor, they wouldn't think to straighten their act to save themselves. Would definitely be a battle of attrition type situation though (whoever lasts the longest wins). >
  
  They’re a Party built on bigotry, grievance, Machiavellianism, and smug self-satisfaction. They only worked together until now because their efforts were uniformly directed outwards. Now, for the first time, that same energy is beginning to face inwards as well as out, and they don’t know how to handle it. >
  
  Trump also unleashed a culture of shameless power seeking and power worship.
  There might have been some semblance of conservative ideology before, but now it's just the acquisition and consolidation of power. (And shithouse antics to own the libs)
  This makes the inter party dynamics much more volatile, like a drug syndicate, because a leader or mid-level who is perceived as weak will be replaced. >
  
  And those who are trying to portray themselves as "strong" will keep getting more and more extreme as they try to out-"strong" each other. >
  
  “Elected Republicans were following agendas that just weren’t popular, not even with their own voters,” Skocpol, a professor of government and sociology at Harvard, told me. >
  
  So, they thought to themselves: why not become fascist? 
  Fourth reich origin story unfolding in front of our eyes. >
  
  Voter: My life sucks!
  Progressive politician: We'll implement policies to improve everyone's job prospects, working conditions, health care, and schooling. We'll also build infrastructure for all Americans to benefit from.
  Voter: Hmm, sounds interesting...
  Fascist Demagogue: The Blacks/Browns/Jews/Immigrants are ruining the country, destroying your family and wrecking your life! Elect me and I'll punish them! You'll feel great when you see their children ripped from their arms and thrown in cages with bare concrete floors!
  Voter: YES! That's the easy feel good solution I've been looking for that aligns with my existing racist beliefs. You've got my vote! >
  
  This is exactly what happened in the 2016 election. >
  
  “Democrats are increasingly the party, when they’re in the majority, of the suburbs,” Continetti told me. “And to me, the American suburbs are the ballast of this country — they’re more small-c conservative than movement conservatives. The suburbs don’t want to rock the boat. So the Republican Party, as it’s become more rural and more non-college educated, they don’t have as much investment in the system. By that very reason, they become much more inclined to rock the boat.” >
  
  Couldn't have anything to do with their neo-fascist agenda, could it? >
  
  Either that or the fundamental denial of objective reality leads to a failure to cooperate. >
  
  
  Gaslight 
  Obfuscate 
  Project 
  
  They can try to stop the forward progress, but people aren’t into that negative shit. We want the tech, and the easier lifestyle it provides. Pay your taxes and stfu with beating up trans kids and immigrants already. >
  
  
  Stink
  Stank
  Stunk >
  
  Corruption and ideology. I did it in two >
  
  The ideology of not having an ideology. 
  Happy cake day!! >
  
  1-3: ignorance >
  
  Because some fascists are content to just take everyone's money but other fascists don't care about money and just want to sit upon a throne of skulls, and the former group keeps making the mistake that they can appease/control the latter. >
  
  Racists, cowards, bigots >
  
  theyre corrupt
  theyre incompetent
  they hate average americans >
  
  The reasons are Capitalism and Fascism and how one tends to follow the other after a certain concentration of wealth and power.
  The old guard worries that making the jump between the two is slightly too soon and will risk spoiling literal decades of work to completely take over the government.
  The new guard is worried that society is already pushing back against them to harshly and think this is their last chance to seize the undeserved gains of decades of work by the GOP and their billionaire sponsors. >
  
  Is it cuz they lie, they cheat, and they steal? >
  
  The have too many problems to count.  But they stopped being a political party when they stopped having a party platforms.    They have no common goals, and no leadership.   It’s a formula for failure. >
  
  And yet they're still pretty much getting what they want and largely in control of the narrative besides. >
  
  The GOP has become the Party of Nothing. >
  
  Lying, cheating, and stealing. >
  
  Who knew that having policies that destroys the securities of an American society would be a reflection of a party's unity. >
  
  Stupid, stupid, and stupid.
  Am I warm? >
  
  IDK. Maybe because they’re largely morally corrupt? >
  
  It's because their voters are the same way. >
  
  “Elected Republicans were following agendas that just weren’t popular, not even with their own voters,” Skocpol, a professor of government and sociology at Harvard, told me. >
  
  Cause they're a bunch of immoral dirtbags with no ideology other than increasing their wealth & power? 🤔 >
  
  Their voters vote R no matter what. 
  So there is no consequence for being horrible at their jobs. >
  
  Zero ethics, no integrity, and lack of honor; Republicans Party in 2023. >
  
  Because they are Trash Humans that deserve no breath. >
  
  They’ll win in the end, sorry folks. They have no scruples or morals. They’ll do anything to win. They’ll break the rules, they’ll break the law, they’ll be hypocrites. They don’t care, because it makes them win. 
  Yes they’re bad, evil, the minority opinion, there’s fewer of them. All that is true. But it doesn’t matter. >
  
  Lmao 🤣 
  This is an authentic take? >
  
  What do you do when you’ve consumed your fuel sources by fire? Self-immolate through proxy.