• Rilichu@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      The GOP gladly let their party turn into a cult and very few cults manage to live on after its leader is dead/no longer viable.

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        It was probably worth it to them since they locked the Supreme Court for a generation at least.

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      A true rival conservative party, one not devoted to religion, could break through if one existed. I do think the shift is actually left and progressives will form the next second party and the Democratic Party will be the moderate / right party in the future.

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        Yeah, there’s room for something like the republicans were as the Whigs collapsed to rise, but if not there will likely be a democratic splinter into something like a labor/progressive party.

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          I think Gen Z would like that, but it will be a tough road. The GOP looks to die with Boomers and it won’t be replaced. Libratarians might get MAGA, but it will continue to be a third party.

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        As a person who would be on the increasingly-poorly-defined “right” in this instance, that sounds dope AF.

        • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldOP
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          I’ve been planted in the center for a long time, but an anti business left is growing. I personally don’t see long term success, I do see young support for breaking things up.