• yourgodlucifer@sh.itjust.works
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      You can get a good number of republicans to agree with leftist ideas as long as they aren’t presented that way.

      You can say something like:

      “Why should we let those liberal elites control all the businesses when real hard working Americans are doing all of the work? the people doing all of the work should all have part ownership over their workplace”

      And they will agree with you

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        Yeah, this is common on all issues. Political hacks are adept at turning things into partisan issues with branding when we all agree on them. Ask a conservative if they like Socialism and they’ll say hell no, but ask them if they support labor unions, minimum wages, social security, UBI, etc., you’ll find lots of support.

        It’s the same with guns; gun control is a scary plot by the left to take away your guns, but sure, they support reasonable measures universal background checks, permits, and restrictions in certain large-capacity weapons. Just so long as it’s not gun control!

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldOP
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      23 hours ago

      Porque los dos?

      Run a progressive independent in both primaries, take a note out of the wealthy’s book