I'm curious to hear from the people agreeing with Beet's shtick, if Democrats are only in this to virtue signal to minorities and "victims," why am I, at lest a somewhat rational self-interested white male living a pretty nice privileged life, a Democrat? Why has the Republican party failed so hard at winning my support when I would, under this philosophy, seem like a pretty low-hanging fruit for them?
Republicans aren't holding to their values. Mitch McConnell is universally disliked. If they actually passed a tax platform that didn't just help the ultra rich, they would probably be much better off right now.
They are spending at a record rate. This will turn off the majority of libertarians or independents that want to see the deficit and national debt reduced.
Not to mention Trump's divisiveness. If they had say, a Nigel Farage-style leader that is eloquent and level-headed in comparison to Trump they might be dominating politics.
I agree completely. The Republican party needs to restructure itself, and what it really needs to do is take notes from the European right.
