Does anyone worry we're just flipping back and forth between D and R

It's a fight to the death. America vs. Terrorism. It will go back and forth until one loses.

Well yeah. Centrism is capitulation and tends to lean left.

You want that?

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Well yeah. Centrism is capitulation and tends to lean left.

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Society moves left naturally, so yeah. Well, that's assuming your society advances and improves each generation.

That's why set ideals are important, especially as it relates to culture. Promoting massive shifts based on popularity is how you allow extremism to inject itself into your country.

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It's a fight to the death. America vs. Terrorism. It will go back and forth until one loses.

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Amen. We’re no where near out of the woods but today is definitely the biggest ray of ahi shine we’ve had in a year. Don’t let your guard down. Remain vigilant. Stock up.

The further any party moves from the center, the harder they lose.

Most Americans are simple. Once you start doing stuff that is extreme on both sides of the fence is when the huge shifts occur.

CRT, COVID lockdowns, etc is what is swinging the elections towards the Rs.

Don't worry though, the Rs will frick things up and swing it back the the DS in a few years.

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Mostly I worry none of this matters and most of the Rs end up governing as Ds anyway

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Then look more closely. No crt, border crisis, "human infrastructure", loss of 2A rights, etc. with 90% of republican pols.

It's fun to scream about the uniparty, but I've noticed over the decades that my wallet tends to lighten when dems are in office.

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This is what our national politics have looked like since Reagan, and purple states seem to be following suit.

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This is kind of the nature of politics, at least at a macro scale. Sure you'll have entrenched parties in areas, like Dem strongholds in cities and Rep strongholds out in the country.

As for the why? Dems have a natural advantage when it comes to messaging. Dems typically comes with a message of giving and Reps have a message of restraint. The Dem message also preys on the logical fallacy of an appeal to emotion.

So what we have is a message from Dems that goes something like this "We are going to pay teachers what they deserve and ensure a high quality education for our children." Sounds good, sounds like the right thing. But how do the Dems bring that to life? Typically through entrenching a teachers union and producing a contract for them that is punitive to the community and allows a national union run by Dem cronies to set the educational standard for your community and fill it with garbage educational programs that have little real educational value. People see this and realize they've been had and go back to the candidates (typically R's) to course correct.

Simply put, people buy the message, see what they actually get, then course correct. It's a natural cycle.

The problem lies in when the course correct is supposed to take place you have someone just as corrupt doing the fixing at the behest of another special interest. We end up like now, with nothing being fixed and the emergence of corporate interests guiding policy. The issues never get fixed, only new ones are introduced.

That was the uniqueness of Trump, love or hate him, he was the only politician of our time that wasn't owned by anyone.

NOVA is chock a block full of government workers whose jobs are in DC bureaucracies

Take the Libertarian candidate for governor.

Nationalize vacant housing and give to the poor. Everyone lets get tranny. There is more. You ought to read her FAR LEFTIST stance on the issues. Ayn Rand was correct about Libertarians

Great post!!!

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That was the uniqueness of Trump, love or hate him, he was the only politician of our time that wasn't owned by anyone.

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This cannot be stated enough. It is also why this rush to DeSantis is premature.