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I was walking to work today and thought about how I have learned about politics and how that affects my opinions of what I see happening.I was hoping to make a thread to give some important history lessons about politics for people who may just be entering or may have neglected to learn the history. I am not claiming to be even moderately knowledgeable but hopefully as a community we can come up with some core truths.
So to begin with my small contribution:
Neither Republicans or Democrats really care about social issues. They do know that social issues drive the population so they carefully poll and pander to certain groups for votes.
Democrats- Back in the early 60's began enacting policies to improve their voter reliability. In the mid 60's They loosened immigration standards and enforcement in order to swell voter rolls with 3rd world immigrants and minorities. They began pandering to racial social issues because they realized that minorities and immigrants voted as a block more than other groups. So most of the current race narrative is driven by the need to corral minorities and immigrants into majority voting blocks scared of losing their rights/entitlements,
Republicans- Republicans countered by attaching themselves to religious conservatives and driving the narrative of family values. They also realized that religious conservative voted in a large block together.
The rest of us- Don't matter because for the most part we are split between ideological values, so 50/50 races and voters are not worth pandering to because they are not vote reliable.
honestly guys super rich politicians don't give a shit about social issues because money puts them above those trivial concerns. So when a super rich politician claims they give a flying shit about your sad little social campaign write it off to the bullshit it is.
Please add things that happened in the past that drove different sides to their current incarnation so people who may not have done the homework have a strong base to build their politics on. We have the ability to lay a foundation upon which others can build.
So to begin with my small contribution:
Neither Republicans or Democrats really care about social issues. They do know that social issues drive the population so they carefully poll and pander to certain groups for votes.
Democrats- Back in the early 60's began enacting policies to improve their voter reliability. In the mid 60's They loosened immigration standards and enforcement in order to swell voter rolls with 3rd world immigrants and minorities. They began pandering to racial social issues because they realized that minorities and immigrants voted as a block more than other groups. So most of the current race narrative is driven by the need to corral minorities and immigrants into majority voting blocks scared of losing their rights/entitlements,
Republicans- Republicans countered by attaching themselves to religious conservatives and driving the narrative of family values. They also realized that religious conservative voted in a large block together.
The rest of us- Don't matter because for the most part we are split between ideological values, so 50/50 races and voters are not worth pandering to because they are not vote reliable.
honestly guys super rich politicians don't give a shit about social issues because money puts them above those trivial concerns. So when a super rich politician claims they give a flying shit about your sad little social campaign write it off to the bullshit it is.
Please add things that happened in the past that drove different sides to their current incarnation so people who may not have done the homework have a strong base to build their politics on. We have the ability to lay a foundation upon which others can build.
