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Re:The Progressive Purge Begins: Tech’s stampede will lead t... by blakesterz on Monday January 11, 2021 @11:39AM (#25731393)
I do wonder if we're going to end up with a fractured Republican Party after this, or even a new third party with a base made up of all those most seditious followers. From what I can see happening, it seems pretty likely. I'm not sure what the consequences might be for all of us if that happens.
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Re:The Progressive Purge Begins: Tech’s stampede will lead t... by macg333 on Monday January 11, 2021 @11:47AM (#25731549)
Personally,I would like to see this happen in both parties. A seperate party for tea party fatalists and a seperate party for leftist-progressives. I think such a change would be helpful for better parsing out where each proportion of the populations values lie outside of the RNC/DNC framework.
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Re:The Progressive Purge Begins: Tech’s stampede will lead t... by loopz on Monday January 11, 2021 @03:49PM (#25736590)
Democrats are too diverse to agree internally, and Republicans seem to be co-opted by disruptive movements. More parties could change the discussions toward policy and projects.
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Re:The Progressive Purge Begins: Tech’s stampede will lead t... by taylodl on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:38PM (#25732523)
Duverger's Law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law) provides insight as to why this is unlikely to happen.
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Re:The Progressive Purge Begins: Tech’s stampede will lead t... by AnimalMuppet on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:00PM (#25731776)
If the "most seditious followers" leave to form a third party, then the Republican Party can become a normal, center-right party. That's not a bad outcome.
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