re: #196 EPR-radar

Yeah, the civil rights era was definitely an important turning point. But my point is that a normal political party responsive in a normal way to real issues faced by its voters wouldn’t have gone for shit like the Southern strategy to begin with.

It all makes a lot more sense if we assume that even back in the 50s the GOP was essentially the corrupt enterprise it is today, with its establishment power players having no goal other than tax cuts for the rich and looking for ways to dishonestly find votes for that agenda by any means possible.

From that depraved point of view, appealing to resentful racists for their votes was a no-brainer.

Oh no doubt. That’s why I call it the point of no return. When your best President was your party’s first one, you have problems. They’ve ran away from Lincoln for a long time.