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  Yeah these are the same people that filled in swimming pools rather than let black kids play in them.
context: I mean, of course conservatives would have something to gain by embracing progressive economics - but then they wouldn't be conservatives anymore.
  You're asking if conservatives should fundamentally change their entire ideology and become liberals; of course liberals would think that's a great idea (myself included), but it seems a bit silly to propose to conservatives. >
  
  Keep in mind that neoliberalism and MAGA are two different things however they work together within the Republican party.
  So what I'm referring to is potentially a republican party that accepts progressive economics but is still against abortion, LGBTQ right, etc. >
  
  The problem with that thesis is that:
  
  
  The actual die-hard MAGA contingent is a relatively small minority 
  
  
  The rest of the Party either tolerates it or handwaves to MAGA sentiment because it gives them political power to enable their economic agenda that they prioritize over everything else.  And it is decidedly not what redditors consider "progressive economics"
  
  
  So, the majority are dead set against your idea.  Which means any hope for this would include the MAGAs taking full control of the Party, getting the voters to put an even crazier and more toxic GOP into more federal power, *and then hoping they want a "progressive" economic platform.  And while I believe there are some from that fringe that would put anything out if they thought it would get them more votes, any examination of their economic argument is to crater the social safety net, and federal spending in general.  They lean farther away from "progressive" economic policy than regular Republicans.  There's just no reason to believe they or their voters want anything to do with that idea. >
  
  Not with its current lineup. Policies that materially improve people's lives economically are off the table for the Republican Party and have been for at least half a century. Because since the civil rights movement those policies include black people. This is in fact one of the key reasons we don't have nice things.