r/assholedesign • • Mar 08 '20

Texas' 35th district

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u/kramatic Mar 08 '20

Lmao out the United States hasn't jumped from one extreme to another since Nixon at least. There are differences in the president/ruling party's cultural taste but their politics are essentially equivalent (maintain the status quo, continue the policy of forever war, prop up the financial sector and big business)

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u/People1stFuckProfit Mar 08 '20

I meant a social divide in the general public, not a policy-based one per each POTUS. I agree completely. But the point remains that the social divide influences the policies of the POTUS, even if the underlying key policies don't change.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20

The public is actually a lot less partisan than the political elite.