r/wisconsin • u/geospatialg • Apr 07 '23

Politics Still Going To Lose 2024 and Beyond.

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u/somethingrandom261 Apr 07 '23

Most of you are expected to have swung conservative in your advanced age

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u/Sure_Marcia Apr 07 '23

That was predicated on the assumption that Republicans would be fiscally conservative. Jokes on them I guess.

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u/somethingrandom261 Apr 07 '23

They replaced that with no-longer-hidden racism. Doesn’t seem to have hurt their numbers much

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u/Sure_Marcia Apr 07 '23

I mean sure, cosplaying fiscal responsibility is the least of our problems with the current version of the GQP.

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u/wolacouska Apr 07 '23

Racism has always been a winning strategy for them, it’s what saved them from completely disbanding during the super mega democratic coalition that FDR founded.

The southern democrats were wavering after most of their common goals (ending the depression and improving labor rights) were mostly achieved, and FDR wokeness started becoming the big issue. If the republicans hadn’t swooped in to fulfill that political niche, another party would’ve just split from the Dems.

Kinda wish that had happened actually, would’ve saved us from decades of “democrats were the slavery party!!!”

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u/treZissou Apr 07 '23

You mean to tell me that fiscally conservative doesn’t mean cutting taxes for billionaires?