• Rilichu@lemmy.world
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      The GOP gladly let their party turn into a cult and very few cults manage to live on after it’s leader is dead/no longer viable.

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        It was probably worth it to them since they locked the Supreme Court for a generation at least.

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          If they lose everything after, the court has little power. They can just change the laws. As it stands, the court has lots of power as they struggle to change laws with house and presidency changing back and forth.

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      A true rival conservative party, one not devoted to religion, could break through if one existed. I do think the shift is actually left and progressives will form the next second party and the Democratic Party will be the moderate / right party in the future.

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        Yeah, there’s room for something like the republicans were as the Whigs collapsed to rise, but if not there will likely be a democratic splinter into something like a labor/progressive party.

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          I think Gen Z would like that, but it will be a tough road. The GOP looks to die with Boomers and it won’t be replaced. Libratarians might get MAGA, but it will continue to be a third party.

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        As a person who would be on the increasingly-poorly-defined “right” in this instance, that sounds dope AF.

        • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldOP
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          I’ve been planted in the center for a long time, but an anti business left is growing. I personally don’t see long term success, I do see young support for breaking things up.

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      they’ve been ready for him; that’s why most republicans very publicly kiss his ass; all in the hopes that they don’t draw ire when he is inevitably made ineligible to run.

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        these engagements always go the same way, so here’s a copy/paste from somewhere else:

        since you’re clearly digging in your heels; i’m going to try to undercut your next arguments since they are always the same three from the deeply ignorant liberal crowd:

        • biden recently defended his decisions on all three plus multiple more shitty decisions; so it doesn’t matter how long ago he said it or made those laws.
        • biden refused to change his mind all the way up until his presidential campaign and has a solid history of changing his mind but only once it becomes politically convenient for him; so he didn’t “evolve” or get better, he just knows that trump is weaker on this topic and uses your ignorance about his past of truly horrific anti-lgbtq/black/poor history to get your vote.

        Additionally: no, dunking on gays for easy politically points in the past wasn’t popular, many politicians (eg bernie sanders) never did it.

        • his beliefs are the reason why he’s not bothering to improve anything, especially on the student loan debt. also: yes there are many things he can do even though congress is trying to block him; but he won’t do it no matter what. (google these too)