OK, time for a little rant, so bare with me.
Civil rights is an important movement in the States. It freed a lot of people economically and socially, and because of those freedoms, the United States has prospered.
Which is I do not understand the push by the Republican Party to abolish or restrict those rights. Certain pundits have said that the Republicans are doing this to maintain their power as a viable national party.
But by restricting voting rights?
By taking away the rights of women to have access to proper health care, (abortion)?
By pushing outdated economic policies, (like not supporting a living wage that includes factors like inflation and production).
By embracing racism?
To me, that makes little sense.
Why?
Two reasons:
One – Because political parties die when they cease being relevent to their population.
Two – By reinventing themselves as a party for the entire population with good progressive economic policies that brings wealth to everyone.
Long ago, the party were the original progressives.
I know, this isn’t the 1900’s and big money holds their puppet strings, (but that’s also true with the Democrats).
Yet, the Republicans are now more a domestic terrorist organization than a party of policies and fair play.
I don’t understand how they lost their souls.