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Re:DOGE's Only Public Ledger Is Riddled with Mistakes by throw0101a on Sunday February 23, 2025 @10:46AM (#43150069)
> Well… technically the Democrats and the GOP changed sides on things such as civil rights and slavery, so it’s hard to say they always were like that.

That switch was in the 1960s:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

Pre-1960s the racists were mixed between the two parties to a varying degree. In the 1960s the GOP decide to actually go after / court the racist voter.

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Re:DOGE's Only Public Ledger Is Riddled with Mistakes by rbanffy on Sunday February 23, 2025 @11:29AM (#43150534)
I believe it was more complicated than that, with some moving around since the 1930’s at least. I think the 1960’s civil rights movement just made it painfully obvious.

Having said that, Americans seem to be extremely pragmatic when it comes to voting, not ruling out someone for being a terrible human being if their policy proposals make sense to the voter. I wish Americans would be more ideological and principled in that situation.

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Re:DOGE's Only Public Ledger Is Riddled with Mistakes by porridgeraisin on Sunday February 23, 2025 @02:18PM (#43152212)
> I wish ...

Interesting. Coming from a country where most people vote purely based on their ideologies, I wish they would vote more for policies. Grass, green, etc, I suppose.

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