TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 年前Centrist GOP effort to reinstate McCarthy picks up steam after Israel attackswww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1167
arrow-up1167external-linkCentrist GOP effort to reinstate McCarthy picks up steam after Israel attackswww.politico.comTheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 年前message-square40fedilink
minus-squareoriginalfrozenbanana@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·3 年前That sounds nice but the GOP has no interest in consensus based governance. Cooperating with them means acquiescing or losing
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 年前Or it comes with rules changes and members chairing committees?
minus-squareoriginalfrozenbanana@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 年前Because you expect them to keep their word. Which they don’t do.
minus-squareoriginalfrozenbanana@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 年前Personally I don’t see a way back for American democracy barring a literal revolutionary movement in the conservative base that somehow…moderates them? And that’s just not what revolutionaries do, and misaligned with the GOP’s backers want.
That sounds nice but the GOP has no interest in consensus based governance. Cooperating with them means acquiescing or losing
Or it comes with rules changes and members chairing committees?
Because you expect them to keep their word. Which they don’t do.
Burn it all down then?
Personally I don’t see a way back for American democracy barring a literal revolutionary movement in the conservative base that somehow…moderates them? And that’s just not what revolutionaries do, and misaligned with the GOP’s backers want.