That's what I'm picking up on as well. Our conservatism is far more to the right than Britain's, or so it appears. And I know from various Republican co-workers and associates -- that that is the overall sentiment, if you are poor and can't get yourself out of it, too bad. The more moderate Republicans believe that communities and local organizations should be helping the poor not the Federal or State governments, but that's not what is happening across the board.
They are succeeding with the working class and poor in many of the Southern States, and States like Pennsylvania, Ohio, and of course the Mid-West, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and the Dakotas.
US politics has just become "extreme"...either swinging to the extreme right with Trump, or the left with Saunders, with not much in between. And it seems there's a lot of people who like the idea of an "authoritarian" leader, which is downright frightening, when you think about it. I'm not sure why though...
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Date: 2016-02-01 03:52 am (UTC)That's what I'm picking up on as well. Our conservatism is far more to the right than Britain's, or so it appears.
And I know from various Republican co-workers and associates -- that that is the overall sentiment, if you are poor and can't get yourself out of it, too bad. The more moderate Republicans believe that communities and local organizations should be helping the poor not the Federal or State governments, but that's not what is happening across the board.
They are succeeding with the working class and poor in many of the Southern States, and States like Pennsylvania, Ohio, and of course the Mid-West, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and the Dakotas.
US politics has just become "extreme"...either swinging to the extreme right with Trump, or the left with Saunders, with not much in between. And it seems there's a lot of people who like the idea of an "authoritarian" leader, which is downright frightening, when you think about it. I'm not sure why though...