You might be able to find an article somewhere, but billionaires own all the media, so it doesn’t get talked about much.
But look at the rise of American neoliberalism.
In the 1990s a wing of the Democratic party started pushing the same economic policy as republicans. To differentiate the republicans started becoming more extreme. And the neoliberals kept going more “conservative” economically to win over republicans. Which didn’t really work, but no matter what happened the party leaders would claim it’s because they hadn’t moved far enough right economically.
The result is what we see today.
The neoliberals wing has changed their labels a couple of times, but are still doing the same shit.
And voters are left voting against their own economic interests every election, because there’s simply no other option.
Even abstaining isn’t an option, because republicans are slightly worse on economic policy, and absolutely batshit on social policy. Which is why voter turnout is so low.
You might be able to find an article somewhere, but billionaires own all the media, so it doesn’t get talked about much.
They also own the search engines that would show the thousands of private blog articles that are talking about it, so you’ll be hard pressed to find them.
My pet theory is that the two parties are a competition between different factions of the wealthy, with finance capital controlling the Democrats and industrial capital controlling the Republicans. That’s why it seems like Democrats want everyone to be white collar workers and Republicans want everyone to be blue collar workers.
Same. I think our best bet for now is for the repugnantcons to split, and the corpo dems join the corpo repugs as an official corporate party. Then we can have what’s left of the dems, hopefully without the financial influence of the oligarchs.
How do you propose a candidate would win without the financial support of the oligarchs? Campaigns are won through marketing and marketing is expensive. If you have the most money and a catchy slogan, you win.
I wish the US had a left wing party.
It’s not an accident.
The Uber wealthy discovered they can donate to both parties to get the same economic policy, and that the two would differentiate on social issues.
Regardless of which party wins, the rich never lose.
Very insightful, do you have any resources on this? Im genuinely curious to learn more
You might be able to find an article somewhere, but billionaires own all the media, so it doesn’t get talked about much.
But look at the rise of American neoliberalism.
In the 1990s a wing of the Democratic party started pushing the same economic policy as republicans. To differentiate the republicans started becoming more extreme. And the neoliberals kept going more “conservative” economically to win over republicans. Which didn’t really work, but no matter what happened the party leaders would claim it’s because they hadn’t moved far enough right economically.
The result is what we see today.
The neoliberals wing has changed their labels a couple of times, but are still doing the same shit.
And voters are left voting against their own economic interests every election, because there’s simply no other option.
Even abstaining isn’t an option, because republicans are slightly worse on economic policy, and absolutely batshit on social policy. Which is why voter turnout is so low.
They also own the search engines that would show the thousands of private blog articles that are talking about it, so you’ll be hard pressed to find them.
The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.
Just a quote I remembered and thought was funny… and sad
My pet theory is that the two parties are a competition between different factions of the wealthy, with finance capital controlling the Democrats and industrial capital controlling the Republicans. That’s why it seems like Democrats want everyone to be white collar workers and Republicans want everyone to be blue collar workers.
Same. I think our best bet for now is for the repugnantcons to split, and the corpo dems join the corpo repugs as an official corporate party. Then we can have what’s left of the dems, hopefully without the financial influence of the oligarchs.
How do you propose a candidate would win without the financial support of the oligarchs? Campaigns are won through marketing and marketing is expensive. If you have the most money and a catchy slogan, you win.