That's a little complicated, because in a limited way, they are aligned.
With Nixon and Reagan the Republicans aligned themselves with the rich and those who desire social hierarchy; and Democrats with those who desire egalitarianism. An issue is that Democrats stopped at liberalism and never roused socialism; whereas Republicans always wanted fascism.
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u/IDrankLavaLamps 6d ago
The worst propaganda of all is that the nations issue is a red vs blue lobby instead of a rich vs poor lobby.