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Prototypic posted...

It's weird how this sentiment always seems directed at Democrats, as if they were the ones unwilling to compromise, as if Democrats don't repeatedly attempt to negotiate and make deals. Compromise and cooperation might be the optimal strategy for getting things done, but there's only so much bad faith, performative, backstabbing bullshit that can be tolerated before that strategy is off the table, and I'd argue we hit that milestone decades ago.

I think it's because republicans have been lead around by the nose by the worst people in media, religion, and politics... and they are now completely divorced from any ethical obligations to truth, intellectual consistency, patriotism, or basic humanity.

You can try and defend the "official" platform and say you just want lower taxes and "state's rights" - which has also been shown to be a fair weather belief - but the rest of that party is embracing religious extremism, white nationalism, bigotry, misogyny, chaotic foreign policy, embrace of dictators, anti-science, and so many more bad positions.