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mprotsenko) wrote2023-03-24 11:13 am
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Looking at the GOP's platform...
There is popular ideological dispute - which platform is better? Democratic or Republican? Which values, which ideas are more relevant?
Well, today I learned that this dispute is moot. There is no Republican platform. I am not kidding. Last Republican convention wasn't able to decide/vote for one.
The Link that says "Learn more about our Platform" leads to the Republican party rules (that is, how to elect committee members), not the platform (positions and ideas). Bait-and-switch.
(Trump also didn't have any platform for his re-election bid, but in his case the expectations were low to begin with.)
The conclusion is simple - the word Republican has no meaning now. What kind of common ideas do you represent if you call yourself a Republican? Being hawkish with Moscow? Being friends with Putin? Freedom of business? Regulating business? Decreasing taxes? Increasing taxes (preferably for blue states, of course, but still)? Individual freedoms? Banning books and regulating bodily autonomy?
Being a Republican now means all that and more - that is, it means nothing. I cannot fix it. Democrats and independents cannot fix it. Only Republicans can do it.
Will they? Your guess is as good as mine.
Well, today I learned that this dispute is moot. There is no Republican platform. I am not kidding. Last Republican convention wasn't able to decide/vote for one.
The Link that says "Learn more about our Platform" leads to the Republican party rules (that is, how to elect committee members), not the platform (positions and ideas). Bait-and-switch.
(Trump also didn't have any platform for his re-election bid, but in his case the expectations were low to begin with.)
The conclusion is simple - the word Republican has no meaning now. What kind of common ideas do you represent if you call yourself a Republican? Being hawkish with Moscow? Being friends with Putin? Freedom of business? Regulating business? Decreasing taxes? Increasing taxes (preferably for blue states, of course, but still)? Individual freedoms? Banning books and regulating bodily autonomy?
Being a Republican now means all that and more - that is, it means nothing. I cannot fix it. Democrats and independents cannot fix it. Only Republicans can do it.
Will they? Your guess is as good as mine.
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А тут повне знищення сенсів виходить - навмисне при тому, я погуглив, вони дійсно не змогли проголосувати за платформу.
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Тобто, тест провалили, а моє питання "добре/погано" було про те, що тепер, коли нема ніякого плана путіна, якого треба дотримуватися, і вся політика зводиться до "дайте нам влади", чи це робить політичну силу більш ефективною, чи менш
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https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-fourth-annual-republican-women-s-national-conference
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If not for manipulations by the "establishment" at the Republican convention, he wouldn’t have won the nomination: "the convention was among the most bitter and emotional in American history" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election
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І як можна побачити, коли йдеться про питання "захопити і утримати владу" - то це ефективності не заважає, а навіть і навпаки.
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Саме того все і було сказано: і про план путіна, і про «захопити владу»
Хоча печально. Раз ми з тобою в чомусь так одразу погоджуємося, воно, найімовірніше, правда :(
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Похоже, отсутствие документированной платформы электоральным успехам не слишком мешает.
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"Для создателей автозамены в аду приготовлен отдельный козел"