spaceghoti to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months ago'Shut Up, Colonel Sanders': Republicans Can't Stop Attacking Each Otherwww.rollingstone.comexternal-linkmessage-square20arrow-up1197
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minus-square@Dagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•8 months agoRead history. For most of the 20th Century there were liberal Republicans and conservative Dems. Crossing the aisle wasn’t seen as treason, and cooperation was the norm. Even Reagan talked about a ‘Big Tent’ with plenty of opposing views.
minus-squareSuiXi3Dlinkfedilink1•8 months agoI’m well aware. I’m also aware that other countries have much better representation due to having a variety of parties and not just one or two. Most issues are far from black and white. We should stop pretending they are, and the system we live under should reflect it.
Read history. For most of the 20th Century there were liberal Republicans and conservative Dems. Crossing the aisle wasn’t seen as treason, and cooperation was the norm. Even Reagan talked about a ‘Big Tent’ with plenty of opposing views.
I’m well aware. I’m also aware that other countries have much better representation due to having a variety of parties and not just one or two.
Most issues are far from black and white. We should stop pretending they are, and the system we live under should reflect it.