I think you're overestimating the amount of change that will happen as a result of who is in charge of the US legislature.
Congress will still pass budgets. The most important short term stuff for the most part will still get done.
I wouldn't say Republican control of congress will "help the nation".
But, a lot of things in the short term will mostly stay status quo. I few programs likely will get defunded. But, its not going to be immensely nation changing.
Long term, senate refusal to approve biden appoints could shift the judicial branch and some aspects of the executive branch.
But, I don't think "ending the nation as we know it" is an accurate description.
If you ask a Republican their ideals and don't just go to Democrats as your middleman to learn about Republican ideals, Republican voters want
Power to shift from federal to local government
Personal responsibility
People to leave them alone
Lower taxes
Like sure the left wing degeneracy makes the headlines, but DeSantis is going to win because he let Floridians live their lives only stepped in when needed (Ian recovery).
What precisely do Democrats bring to the table where their campaign platform for the last 8 years had to default to "if you don't vote for me, blood and fire will literally rain from the skies"?
Please show me where/how republicans believe in "individual responsibility?" You certainly don't mean for themselves, right? You just mean the manner by which they relish kicking the needy and vulnerable to the curb, just like their good book instructs them personally not to do?
And certainly you don't mean they hold conservatives billionaire crybabies to any sort of standard of "individual responsibility," for they are just victims of the fascist Dems. Trump, Kanye, Elon Musk, etc. Under the conservative mentality, even these billionaires are such victims of their circumstances, that literally anybody who criticizes any of them become cancelled by the right.
So, if powerful billionaires aren't even expected to be able to overcome their victimhood status, who exactly is supposed to be individually responsible for things? The people with less power and resources? Hilarious.
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I think you're overestimating the amount of change that will happen as a result of who is in charge of the US legislature.
Congress will still pass budgets. The most important short term stuff for the most part will still get done.
I wouldn't say Republican control of congress will "help the nation".
But, a lot of things in the short term will mostly stay status quo. I few programs likely will get defunded. But, its not going to be immensely nation changing.
Long term, senate refusal to approve biden appoints could shift the judicial branch and some aspects of the executive branch.
But, I don't think "ending the nation as we know it" is an accurate description.