If we are ever going to move our nation toward greater modernity then we must leave the republican party behind. For one thing they have atrophied into a hollow shell of a political party that doesn't represent the people. Instead they are an appendage of the corruptible wealthy. Second they do not see the necessity of democratic principles. Where everyone gets a shot at being the better of who they could be. I say this over and over again that privilege and advantage are the mantra of republicans and no amount of fairness or justice will equally suffice. They want their cake and to eat it too. So going forward without republicans is essential to a comprehensive egalitarian government.
Voting them out at every public position is what is needed and although that cannot be realistic all at once given the nature of our representative government, there are still many thousands of positions they can be denied where they haven't rigged the counties and states to protect them. Yet even in their gerrymandered safe harbors there is unrest like never seen before so republicans are not immune to being cast out where previously they felt secure. I know it is because although many souls have been conservatives their entire lives they still see through the machinations of trumps and the disregard for too many in our society.
The one beautiful aspect of our democracy is that as republicans have narrowed their policies and disengaged from many of their voters the democratic party has welcomed them and increased the parameters of our party. We have moderate democrats and liberal progressives all working together in so many ways to combat the authoritarian nature of the "my way or the highway" republican rule. Our politics within the democratic party may be expansive but the desire to keep our democracy intact is greater than our differences. The one baseline we democrats offer all our party participants is fairness, justice and equality. We may go about creating a more diverse, innovative and enlightened society through merit in different forms but we do all know that the way forward is together, not apart.
Voting them out at every public position is what is needed and although that cannot be realistic all at once given the nature of our representative government, there are still many thousands of positions they can be denied where they haven't rigged the counties and states to protect them. Yet even in their gerrymandered safe harbors there is unrest like never seen before so republicans are not immune to being cast out where previously they felt secure. I know it is because although many souls have been conservatives their entire lives they still see through the machinations of trumps and the disregard for too many in our society.
The one beautiful aspect of our democracy is that as republicans have narrowed their policies and disengaged from many of their voters the democratic party has welcomed them and increased the parameters of our party. We have moderate democrats and liberal progressives all working together in so many ways to combat the authoritarian nature of the "my way or the highway" republican rule. Our politics within the democratic party may be expansive but the desire to keep our democracy intact is greater than our differences. The one baseline we democrats offer all our party participants is fairness, justice and equality. We may go about creating a more diverse, innovative and enlightened society through merit in different forms but we do all know that the way forward is together, not apart.
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