The Left is Now the Right: We laughed at the Republican busybody who couldn't joke, declared war on dirty paintings, and peered through your bedroom window. Now that person has switched sides, and nobody's laughing

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[–]72ndGender 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

This is why I will never be a republican. I'm old enough to remember how big of pieces of shit they used to be. Just because lefties took over where the neocons left off, doesn't mean I'm going to take sides. I'll admit that lefties are way better at it, but I wouldn't be surprised if the right comes back even crazier.

[–]quipu[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

If the Republican party could remake itself as a coalition of libertarians and populists, I might be convinced. I doubt it though. There's too much money in big government politics, which for Republicans usually involves fat defense contracts and preferential "regulation" loopholes for allies. (Dems are even worse of course.) It's unfortunate.

[–]72ndGender 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Spot on. But if the libertarian ideology keeps growing in popularity, the republicans will be forced to take on some of the ideals. Just to survive against the dems. The dems can't take on anything libertarian (except marijuana deregulation) since their main platform revolves around totalitarianism.

[–]quipu[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The Dems won't even take on MJ deregulation at the federal level! It's ridiculous. In my dreams Trump signs an EO devolving MJ regulation to the states sometime around October. I want to see the media spin that one.

[–]72ndGender 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That would be a damn clever move.