Is the current US House scenario like the Texas State House?

I think, yes it’s the same premise.

I think that democrats are good at unifying bc at heart, they are collectivists.

I think that what I think of as RINOs are also “big government” just the kind of big government that likes big business and military stuff. Still. They are collectivists, and think like collectivists. That’s why they find common ground with Democrats. At their core, they are no different from each other and are petrified of individuals thinking for and taking care of themselves.

Actual conservatives (in my view) are individualists. Do what you want, just don’t make me pay for it and don’t hurt anyone else while you’re doing it. Actual conservatives think (again in my view) that the only people that the law needs to protect and make decisions for are people who cannot defend themselves- children, disabled, etc.

By definition conservatives are not collectivists and all have different ideas about what the best outcome may be and are willing to agree to disagree.

We’re a nation that was built on individual freedoms and trust in individuals to know what’s best for themselves, which has become overtaken by collectivists. Who think the epitome of genius is doing exactly the same thing as the everyone else and never asking why.

I don’t know what the fricking solution is to fix it- but I do know that turning into a bunch of collectivists ain’t it.

Negotiation and compromise is not collectivism.

There is at least one distinction I think:

The US House Republicans appear to be at least somewhat genuinely conservative (initially) but end up being corrupted by the beltway system over time.

The Republicans in the Texas House were apparently democrats in sheep’s clothing (masquerading as republicans).