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bfslick50 posted...

Have you learned nothing from last 10 years? The tea party took over Republican Party by being the reliable voters primary challengers fought over. Thats the strategy for taking over the party.

They were reliable general voters because their guys actually won the primaries. Their guys won the primaries because billionaires like Koch, Adelson, and Murdoch funded them against the establishment, the reverse of what happens in Democratic primaries.

Progressives don't have billionaires, corporations, super PACs, cable networks, mainstream media. Tools are limited.

Cemith posted...

It's also telling that the only question that's ever brought up is "how can we make the Democrats change?" And not, "why are the Republicans constantly being awful insurrectionist shitheels?"

There's nothing telling about about people not asking questions with obvious answers. Republican voters want their party to do those things. 70 to 80% of them believe Trump got cheated and 64% of them do not want the GOP to work with Biden.

The answer is simply that conservatives want corrupt radical autocratic nationalist leadership, probably because astroturfing billionaires, demagogues, and conspiracy theorists used fear of cultural change to condition them in that direction. Politicians represent voters. Simple situation.