I don’t think they ever truly were. They’ve always supported the expansion of the military and police, having shit loads of foreign military bases, controlling women, controlling the LGBTQ+. The only way they could ever be considered to be wanting less government is in the form of their laissez-faire, pro-privitization economic policy, which just lets corporations do whatever the hell they like. So all it is, is trading one form of control to another. Instead of government controlling things, corporations control everything.
The GOP platform is, and always has been anti-freedom.
At the risk of sounding like Peterson (but reversed right to left), it’s always been about an in group that deserves to rule, and an out group that people punish. It’s that simple with them, why all the hypocrisy. It’s literally that simple. I’m a good guy, they’re bad, they disagree with me, that means they’re bad and should be punished. Zero sum game stuff
I don’t think they ever truly were. They’ve always supported the expansion of the military and police, having shit loads of foreign military bases, controlling women, controlling the LGBTQ+. The only way they could ever be considered to be wanting less government is in the form of their laissez-faire, pro-privitization economic policy, which just lets corporations do whatever the hell they like. So all it is, is trading one form of control to another. Instead of government controlling things, corporations control everything.
The GOP platform is, and always has been anti-freedom.
Unfortunately, many accept what they’re told at face value and don’t have the critical thinking skills to know the difference.
At the risk of sounding like Peterson (but reversed right to left), it’s always been about an in group that deserves to rule, and an out group that people punish. It’s that simple with them, why all the hypocrisy. It’s literally that simple. I’m a good guy, they’re bad, they disagree with me, that means they’re bad and should be punished. Zero sum game stuff
Absolutely agreed.